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bun

/buhn/US // bʌn //UK // (bʌn) //

包子,小面包,包子铺,小包

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
    • : hair gathered into a round coil or knot at the nape of the neck or on top of the head in certain coiffures.
    • : buns, Slang. the buttocks.

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Examples

  • Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions—on a sesame seed bun.

  • On Monday, Nicole Richie debuted her latest Technicolor hairstyle—a side-swept Cerulean low bun—on Good Morning America.

  • It is built not in a long bun, but in a half-loaf of fresh, tawny-crusted Italian bread.

  • The meat glistened seductively with melted butter, piled high and steaming on top of a crisp, oily split-top bun.

  • No mayonnaise, only butter, which had been absorbed, sponge-style, into the bun.

  • I carried mine in my long, luxuriant hair, which I wore “bun” fashion, held in a net of opossum hair.

  • Add bun to these terms, and they are made to have passed away,—prefix tah to them, and their future appearance is indicated.

  • One of the features of Michaelmas in Scotland was the concoction and cooking of a giant cake, bun, or bannock.

  • Her eyes looked like raisins in a bun and her mouth had almost disappeared.

  • I purchased an enormous delicacy just as one would buy a bun under ordinary stances.