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sorbet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sor·bet /ˈsɔːbeɪ $ ˈsɔːrbɪt/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DFFa frozen sweet food made of fruit juice, sugar, and water 雪芭〔一种用果汁、糖和水制成的冰糕〕 ice cream
Examples from the Corpus
sorbetDiaz says he's going to change the dessert menu soon, adding sorbet and fresh berries.Even the desserts are intoxicants, as in sangria-poached white peaches with a pure, rich cream sorbet.Fruit sorbet would be a refreshing end to a cookout meal.Passion fruit: eat pulp straight from the fruit or drizzle over ice-cream or sorbets.Afterwards they had eaten orange sorbet followed by cheese and fruit.Scented by infusion with wild tarragon, like no other sorbet I have ever tasted, a mere thimbleful did the trick.Raspberry Ripple Cake combines vanilla ice-cream, raspberry sorbet, bitter chocolate and fresh raspberries.Brew tea and serve sorbet or cookies.
Origin sorbet (1500-1600) Old French fruit drink, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish serbet; → SHERBET
sor·bet nounChineseSyllable
frozen of a juice, Corpus fruit food sweet made


sorbet
sorbet /ˈsɔːbeɪ $ ˈsɔːrbət/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Old French
 Origin: 'fruit drink', from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish serbet; sherbet
a frozen sweet food made of fruit juice, sugar, and water ⇨ ice cream


sor·betBrE /ˈsɔːbeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɔːrbət/ 🔊 (BrE also ˈwater ice) noun [countable, uncountable] a sweet frozen food made from sugar, water and fruit juice, often eaten as a dessert 雪糕;冰糕