muffin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ldoce_228_amuf·fin /ˈmʌfɪn/ noun [countable] 1 DFFa small, usually sweet cake that sometimes has small pieces of fruit in it 松饼 blueberry muffins 蓝莓松饼2. 
British EnglishDFF a small thick round kind of bread, usually eaten hot with butter 〔通常涂黄油趁热吃的〕英式松饼 SYN American English English muffin
British EnglishDFF a small thick round kind of bread, usually eaten hot with butter 〔通常涂黄油趁热吃的〕英式松饼 SYN American English English muffinExamples from the Corpus
muffin• Until recently, it was just bagels, muffins and that sort of grab-and-go-fare.• blueberry muffins• Just the opposite is true with cake, muffin or quick-bread recipes where too much gluten will toughen the finished product.• Spoon the mixture into 10 deep muffin cases.• You can make lots of different muffins from the basic mixture above.• We seated ourselves and I watched her cut her muffins into quarters.• If it comes out clean there is a good chance the muffin is cooked.• Let the muffins cool in the pan for at least fifteen minutes and then for another fifteen minutes out of the pan.• As before the table was laid out for tea, but instead of bread and butter there were toasted muffins oozing butter.Origin muffin (1700-1800) Probably from Low German muffen “cakes”muf·fin nounChineseSyllable
usually that cake Corpus small, a sweet sometimes
muffin
muf‧fin /ˈmʌfən, ˈmʌfɪn/
noun [countable]
blueberry muffins
2. British English a small thick round kind of bread, usually eaten hot with butter
SYN English muffin American English
muf‧fin /ˈmʌfən, ˈmʌfɪn/
noun [countable] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Probably from Low German muffen 'cakes'
1. a small, usually sweet cake that sometimes has small pieces of fruit in it:Origin: Probably from Low German muffen 'cakes'
2. British English a small thick round kind of bread, usually eaten hot with butter
SYN English muffin American English