cream

英 [kriːm] 美[krim]

复数: creams;第三人称单数: creams;过去式: creamed;过去分词: creamed;现在分词: creaming;

cream 奶油

来自拉丁词chrisma（油膏，词源同Chrism）和cramum（奶油）的合成词。

cream: cream: [14] Cream seems to have come from two distinct late Latin sources: crānum ‘cream’, which may be of Gaulish origin, and chrisma ‘ointment’ (from which English gets chrism [OE]). These two were probably blended together to produce Old French cresme or craime, immediate source of the English word. (Modern French crème was borrowed into English in the 19th century.)
=> chrism
cream (n.): early 14c., creyme, from Old French cresme (13c., Modern French crème) "chrism, holy oil," blend of Late Latin chrisma "ointment" (from Greek khrisma "unguent;" see chrism) and Late Latin cramum "cream," which is perhaps from Gaulish. Replaced Old English ream. Re-borrowed 19c. from French as creme. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1580s. Cream-cheese is from 1580s.
cream (v.): mid-15c., "to foam," from cream (n.). Meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. Related: Creamed; creaming.

2. The Ball was attended by the cream of Hollywood society.: 好莱坞的大牌影星们出席了那个舞会。

3. Garnish the plate with whipped cream rosettes and fresh fruits.: 用玫瑰花形的掼奶油和新鲜的水果作配菜点缀盘子。

4. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.: 这意味着在贷款业务剧增时小银行能够获得大笔利润。

5. He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy.: 他被控从经济中捞取了丰厚的油水。