pudding
noun /ˈpʊdɪŋ/
/ˈpʊdɪŋ/
(British English, informal pud)
[uncountable, countable]Idioms - (British English) 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。
- What's for pudding?
- (British English) 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
- treacle pudding
- (British English) 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
- a steak and kidney pudding
- (especially North American English) a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) like cream that tastes of 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 - chocolate pudding
词源Middle English (denoting a sausage such as black pudding): apparently from Old French boudin ‘black pudding’, from Latin botellus ‘sausage, small intestine’.
Idioms
over-egg the pudding
- used to say that you think somebody has done more than is necessary, or has added unnecessary details to make something seem better or worse than it really is
做事过分;画蛇添足 - If you're telling lies, keep it simple—never over-egg the pudding.
如果撒谎,措辞要简短,千万别画蛇添足。
- If you're telling lies, keep it simple—never over-egg the pudding.
the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
- (saying) you can only judge if something is good or bad when you have tried it
只有通过体验才能判断事物的好坏