curdle

英 ['kɜːd(ə)l]美 ['kɝdl]
  • vi. 凝固
  • vt. 使凝结
GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

curdle 使凝结

来自curd,凝乳，凝结。

英文词源

curdle (v.)
1630s (earlier crudle, 1580s), "to thicken, cause to congeal," frequentative of curd (v.) "to make into curd" (late 14c.; see curd). Of blood, in figurative sense "to inspire horror" from c. 1600. Related: Curdled (1590); curdling (c. 1700, almost always with reference to blood, in the figurative sense).

双语例句

1. The herb has been used for centuries to curdle milk.
那种香草几个世纪以来都被用来制作酸乳。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The sauce should not boil or the egg yolk will curdle.
调味汁不能煮沸，不然蛋黄会凝结的。
来自辞典例句
3. The sight made my blood curdle.
那景象使我不寒而栗.
来自辞典例句
4. Their screams made my blood curdle with terror.
他们的尖叫声吓得我浑身冰凉.
来自辞典例句
5. The fermentation of milk causes it to curdle.
牛奶发酵会凝结起来.
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