butter

noun

1. 黄油；奶油
   a soft yellow food made from cream or milk, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
   1. Fry the onions in butter.
      用黄油炒洋葱。

verb

1. 涂黄油于
   to spread butter on sth
   1. She buttered four thick slices of bread.
      她用黄油涂了四片厚面包。

1. N-MASS 黄油；牛油
   Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
   1. ...bread and butter...
      面包和黄油
   2. Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
      把熔化的黄油倒在一个搅拌用的大碗里。
2. VERB 给…抹上黄油；涂黄油于
   If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.
   1. She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
      她把几片面包摆在台上，开始抹黄油。
   2. ...buttered scones.
      抹过黄油的烤饼
3. See also: bread and butter peanut butter
4. PHRASE 明白自己的利益所在；善于为自己打算
   If you say that someone knows what side their bread is buttered on, you mean that they know what to do or who to please in order to stay in a good situation or to avoid a bad one.
   1. These chaps know what side their bread's buttered on.
      这些家伙知道怎样做对他们有利。

1. Blend the butter with the sugar and beat until light and creamy
   把糖掺入黄油然后搅拌至滑软细腻。
2. Put water, butter and lard into a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
   把水、黄油和猪油倒入平底锅，然后慢火煮沸。
3. The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
   移动电话业务实际上是他的主业。
4. Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter.
   取一张擀得很薄的油酥面皮，上面刷上一层熔化的牛油。
5. Melt the butter over a medium-low heat. When it is melted and bubbly, put in the flour.
   用中低火把黄油加热，等黄油熔化起泡时，加入面粉。
6. Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
   把熔化的黄油倒在一个搅拌用的大碗里。
7. She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
   她把几片面包摆在台上，开始抹黄油。
8. These chaps know what side their bread's buttered on.
   这些家伙知道怎样做对他们有利。
9. Breakfast consisted of porridge served with butter.
   早餐是麦片粥配佐餐黄油。
10. Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter
    向日葵所制人造黄油的脂肪含量与黄油脂肪含量相同。
11. I made a switch from butter to olive oil for much of my cooking.
    我做饭的时候已经不怎么使用黄油，而是换成了橄榄油。
12. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.
    作为食品配给制的一种遗留影响，他们总把黄油和人造黄油混在一起吃。
13. I had two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
    我吃了两个放了花生酱和果酱的三明治。
14. Just add water, milk and butter
    只要加水、牛奶和黄油就行了。
15. Top the steaming hot potatoes with a knob of butter.
    在冒热气的马铃薯上放一小块黄油。
16. Rationing has made it easier to find some products like eggs, butter and meat
    定量配给使得购买鸡蛋、黄油和肉类等产品更加便捷。
17. Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter and margarine.
    含钠量仅为中等水平的食物有面包、蛋糕、牛奶、黄油和人造黄油。
18. Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
    加入化开的黄油、糖浆、盐和面粉。
19. The Orientals use no butter. They prefer the very healthful peanut oil.
    东方人不吃黄油，他们更喜欢对健康非常有益处的花生油。
20. Heat the butter and oil in a large pan.
    把黄油和食用油放到大平底锅里加热。
21. The mud is smooth, gray, soft, and plastic as butter.
    这种泥浆呈灰色，它光滑、柔软，像黄油一样易塑。
22. He began cracking open big blue tins of butter cookies and feeding the dogs on his route
    他打开装黄油饼干的蓝色大罐子，开始沿路给狗喂食。
23. Soften the butter mixture in a small saucepan
    在小平底锅里将黄油混合物化软。
24. Gently turn the fish, being careful not to spatter any hot butter on yourself
    轻轻地把鱼翻过来，小心别把滚烫的黄油溅到自己身上。
25. Add a splash of lemon juice to flavor the butter.
    加上一点柠檬汁给黄油调味。
26. You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.
    将蜂蜜搅入后再加花生酱。
27. She ate scones thick with butter.
    她吃了一些涂满了黄油的烤饼。
28. Butter, margarine, and oily fish are all good sources of vitamin D.
    黄油、人造黄油和多脂鱼都含有丰富的维生素D。
29. He spread some butter on his bread.
    他在面包上涂了些黄油。

butter sb↔up

1. 以甜言蜜语巴结某人；奉承；拍马屁
   to say nice things to sb so that they will help you or give you sth
   1. Fry the onions in butter.
      用黄油炒洋葱。

n.

butter wouldn't melt (in sb's mouth)

• 假装一副老实样；装作天真无邪
  used to say that sb seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really

like a knife through butter

• 轻而易举；毫无困难
  easily; without meeting any difficulty

v.

know which side your bread is buttered

• 知道自己的利益所在
  to know where you can get an advantage for yourself

noun

1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream

2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

verb

1. spread butter on
   1. butter bread