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curry

noun
🔊/ˈkʌri/
🔊/ˈkɜːri/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a South Asian dish of meat, vegetables, etc. cooked in a hot spicy sauce, often served with rice咖喱菜
    • a chicken curry一道咖喱鸡肉
    • Would you like some more curry?你想再来一点咖喱菜吗？🔊🔊
    Topics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hot
    • mild
    • beef
    • …
    verb + curry
    • go for
    curry + noun
    • paste
    • powder
    • sauce
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Tamil kar̲i.

curry

verb
🔊/ˈkʌri/
🔊/ˈkɜːri/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they curry
🔊/ˈkʌri/
🔊/ˈkɜːri/
he / she / it curries
🔊/ˈkʌriz/
🔊/ˈkɜːriz/
past simple curried
🔊/ˈkʌrid/
🔊/ˈkɜːrid/
past participle curried
🔊/ˈkʌrid/
🔊/ˈkɜːrid/
-ing form currying
🔊/ˈkʌriɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkɜːriɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. curry something to make curry out of meat or vegetables以（肉或蔬菜）烹制咖喱菜
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Tamil kar̲i.
Idioms
curry favour (with somebody)
  1. (disapproving) to try to get somebody to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot讨好；奉承；拍马屁
    • He’s always trying to curry favour with the boss.他总是想方设法拍老板马屁。
    • He tried to curry favour with the teachers.他尽力巴结老师。