vanilla
vanilla 英 [vəˈnɪlə] 美 [vəˈnɪlə]
n. 香子兰，香草 adj. 香草味的
名词复数:vanillas
- Vanilla is the flavor for food — such as ice cream — that contains extract from the vanilla plant. This word also describes things that are boring or plain.
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- n. 香子兰，香草
- adj. 香草味的
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1. Add the vanilla and salt.
加入香草香精和食盐。
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2. vanilla essence
香子兰精
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3. vanilla extract
香子兰精
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4. a vanilla bean
香子兰豆
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5. vanilla ice cream
香草冰淇淋
- vanilla (n.) 1660s, "pod of the vanilla plant," from Spanish vainilla "vanilla plant," literally "little pod," diminutive of vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath of an ear of grain, hull of a plant" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods. European discovery 1521 by Hernando Cortes' soldiers on reconnaissance in southeastern Mexico. Meaning "flavoring extracted from the vanilla bean" is attested by 1728. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is 1970s, from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
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