curry
curry1(pl. -ies)- a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of strong spices and turmeric and typically served with rice
咖喱菜肴
(-ies, -ied)- [with obj.][usu. as adj. curried]prepare or flavour with a sauce of hot-tasting spices
用咖喱酱调味
curried chicken.
咖喱鸡。
语源- late 16th cent.: from Tamil kaṟi
curry2(-ies, -ied)[with obj.]- (chiefly N. Amer.)groom (a horse) with a rubber or plastic curry-comb
(主北美)用马梳梳(马)
- (historical)treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties
(史)鞣革,鞣制(硝皮)
■(archaic)thrash; beat
(古)鞭笞;打
常用词组Middle English- ingratiate oneself with someone through obsequious behaviour
讨好,拍马屁
a wimpish attempt to curry favour with the new bosses.
讨好新上司的卑怯打算。
语源- Middle English: from Old French correier, ultimately of Germanic origin
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