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vanilla

noun
🔊/vəˈnɪlə/
🔊/vəˈnɪlə/
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  1. a substance obtained from the beans of a tropical plant, also called vanilla, used to add taste to sweet foods, for example ice cream香草醛，香草香精（从热带植物香子兰豆中提取，用于冰淇淋等甜食）
    • (British English) vanilla essence香子兰精
    • (North American English) vanilla extract香子兰精
    • (British English) a vanilla pod香子兰蒴果
    • (North American English) a vanilla bean香子兰豆
    Topics Plants and treesc1, Foodc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVanilla is used before these nouns:
    • bean
    • essence
    • extract
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.

vanilla

adjective
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  1. tasting of vanilla有香子兰香味的；香草味的
    • vanilla ice cream香草冰淇淋
  2. (informal) ordinary; not special in any way普通的；寻常的；毫无特色的
    • The city is pretty much plain vanilla.这座城市相当一般化。🔊🔊
    • This is only the vanilla version of the software.这只是该软件的原始版本。
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.