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madeleine

/mad-l-in, mad-l-eyn; French maduh-len/US // ˈmæd l ɪn, ˌmæd lˈeɪn; French madəˈlɛn //UK // (ˈmædəlɪn, -ˌleɪn) //

玛德琳,马德琳,马德林,马德兰

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mad·e·leines [mad-l-inz, mad-l-eynz; French maduh-len]. /ˈmæd l ɪnz, ˌmæd lˈeɪnz; French madəˈlɛn/. French Cooking.

    • : a small shell-shaped cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter and baked in a mold.
    • : something that triggers memories or nostalgia: in allusion to a nostalgic passage in Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.

Examples

  • Meneghetti has also said the idea for his movie actually came from his encounter with a real-life living arrangement like the one shared by Nina and Madeleine.

  • Early in her career, she and designer Madeleine Vionnet sued a woman in Paris for copying some 20,000 sketches of their designs.

  • Normally I might look to Samantha Power or Madeleine Albright or Hillary Clinton for foreign policy wisdom.

  • Despite the fact that her husband had left France four years earlier, Madeleine had recently given birth to a healthy baby boy.

  • As our car sped along the Boulevard de la Madeleine, I was filled with hope and excitement.

  • Several people at the resort had seen a man carrying a small bundled child on the night Madeleine disappeared.

  • I have looked in,” said Aristide, with his ingratiating smile, “to see whether you are ready to go to the Madeleine.

  • In 1840 he did some work on an unfinished house in the suburbs of the Madeleine, purchased by the Thuilliers.

  • Daphne was still erect, self-confident, militant; whereas Madeleine knew herself vanquished—vanquished both in body and soul.

  • Madeleine turned her face towards the gorge, her wasted hands clasped on her breast.

  • The flower markets which always made Paris so attractive have vanished, even the famous flower market in front of the Madeleine.