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pudding

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, dish
pud·ding /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ ●●● S3 noun [countable, uncountable]  1. DFF especially British English a hot sweet dish, made from cake, rice, bread etc with fruit, milk, or other sweet things added 布丁〔由蛋糕、大米、面包等加水果、牛奶或其他甜味东西制成的热甜食〕2 DFF especially American English a thick sweet creamy dish, usually made with milk, eggs, sugar, and flour, and served cold 布丁〔通常用牛奶、蛋、糖和面粉制成的厚奶油状冷甜食〕 chocolate pudding 巧克力布丁3 British EnglishDFFDFF a sweet dish served at the end of a meal 〔餐末食用的〕甜食,甜点心for pudding There’s ice cream for pudding. 甜点有冰激凌。 dessert4 British EnglishDFF a hot dish made of a mixture of flour, fat etc, with meat or vegetables inside 〔用面粉、油等混合、内包有肉馅或蔬菜馅的〕不加糖布丁 steak and kidney pudding 牛排加腰子布丁 black pudding, Christmas pudding, milk pudding, plum pudding, Yorkshire pudding, → the proof of the pudding is in the eating at proof1(4)
Examples from the Corpus
puddingLots of cherries and other fruit and good boozy flavour - a cross between Christmas cake and pudding.bread puddingGround cloves, if available can produce a delicious flavour in Christmas puddings.There was quite a good helping of pudding but only a tiny piece of meat.Over the generations, it has been transformed into a kind of set pudding with a rather tart flavour and honeycomb-like texture.The purple-skinned eggplant is baked to almost a soft pudding.Jean-Claude had never tasted steamed puddings before and he liked them.Substantial puddings like these were once a vital fuel and restorative for those who laboured in the fields.And the proof of the pudding is 40% revenue growth worldwide year-on-year.steak and kidney puddingIt seems he's able to lay on steak and kidney pudding.Brendan's steak and kidney pudding is definitive.I wondered how they would take to steak and kidney pudding, oxtail soup, and plum duff.
Origin pudding (1200-1300) Old French boudin, from Latin botellus sausage
pud·ding nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a made dish, hot from sweet


pudding
pudding S3 /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: boudin, from Latin botellus 'sausage'
1. especially British English a hot sweet dish, made from cake, rice, bread etc with fruit, milk, or other sweet things added
2. especially American English a thick sweet creamy dish, usually made with milk, eggs, sugar, and flour, and served cold:
    chocolate pudding
3. British English a sweet dish served at the end of a meal
    for pudding
    There’s ice cream for pudding.dessert
4. British English a hot dish made of a mixture of flour, fat etc, with meat or vegetables inside:
    steak and kidney pudding
black pudding, Christmas pudding, milk pudding, plum pudding, Yorkshire pudding, ⇨ the proof of the pudding is in the eating at proof1(4)


pud·dingBrE /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ 🔊 (BrE, informal pud) noun [uncountable, countable] (BrE) a sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal (餐末的)甜食,甜点What's for pudding? 有什么甜点?🔊🔊I haven't made a pudding today. 我今天没做甜点。🔊🔊 SYN afters, dessert, sweet (BrE) a hot sweet dish, often like a cake, made from flour, fat and eggs with fruit, jam, etc. in or on it 热布丁糕(用面粉、油、蛋制作,加水果、果酱等)treacle pudding糖浆布丁bread and butter pudding (= made with bread, butter and milk) 面包黄油布丁   see also Christmas pudding, rice pudding, sponge pudding, summer pudding (BrE) a hot dish like a pie with soft pastry made from flour, fat and eggs and usually filled with meat 热布丁饼(用面粉、油、蛋制作,通常用肉填充)a steak and kidney pudding牛肉腰子布丁(especially NAmE) a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) like cream flavoured with fruit, chocolate, etc. 冷布丁(有水果、巧克力等口味)chocolate pudding巧克力布丁   see also black pudding, Yorkshire pudding ˌover-egg the ˈpuddingused to say that you think sb has done more than is necessary, or has added unnecessary details to make sth seem better or worse than it really is 做事过分;画蛇添足If you're telling lies, keep it simplenever over-egg the pudding. 如果撒谎,措辞要简短,千万别画蛇添足。🔊🔊the proof of the ˈpudding (is in the ˈeating)(saying) you can only judge if sth is good or bad when you have tried it 只有通过体验才能判断事物的好坏