vanilla

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Food, Plants

va·nil·la1 /vəˈnɪlə/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]  DFHBPa substance used to give a special taste to ice cream, cakes etc, made from the beans of a tropical plant 香草精，香子兰精

Examples from the Corpus

vanilla• Add eggs and vanilla and stir in other ingredients.• Flavour with grated lemon rind and vanilla.• The stench from the carcass filled the Chamber; a pungent mixture of sewage and vanilla.• Combine vanilla and next 3 ingredients and add flour mixture stirring until well-blended.

Related topics: Tastes

vanilla2 ●●○ adjective  1  CThaving the taste of vanilla 香草味的 vanilla ice cream 香草冰激凌2  (also plain-vanilla) plain, ordinary, or uninteresting 寻常的，无特色的，乏味的 There are no plans for an inexpensive vanilla version of the software. 没有计划要生产该软件的廉价普通版本。

Examples from the Corpus

vanilla• vanilla ice creamOrigin vanilla1 (1600-1700) Spanish vainilla, from vaina “cover for a blade”, from Latin vagina; → VAGINA

va·nil·la1 nounvanilla2 adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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vanilla

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va‧nil‧la¹ /vəˈnɪlə/ noun [uncountable]a substance used to give a special taste to ice cream, cakes etc, made from the beans of a tropical plant

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vanilla² adjective
1. having the taste of vanilla:
    vanilla ice cream
2. (also plain-vanilla) plain, ordinary, or uninteresting:
    There are no plans for an inexpensive vanilla version of the software.