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margarine

noun
🔊/ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn/
🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒərən/
(also British English, informal marge
🔊/mɑːdʒ/
🔊/mɑːrdʒ/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a yellow substance like butter made from animal or vegetable fats, used in cooking or spread on bread, etc.人造黄油；人造奶油
    Extra Examples
    • Cream the margarine and sugar together.把人造黄油和糖一起搅成糊状。
    • Rub the margarine into the flour.把人造黄油揉进面里。
    • a tub of low-fat margarine一盒低脂人造黄油
    • She took some margarine and spread it on the bread.她拿了一些人造黄油涂在面包上。
    Topics Foodb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hard
    • soft
    • stick
    • …
    … of margarine
    • tub
    • stick
    verb + margarine
    • put on
    • spread (something with)
    • heat
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Greek margaron ‘pearl’ (because of the lustre of the crystals of esters from which it was first made) + -ine.