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savarin

/sav-uh-rin/US // ˈsæv ə rɪn //

萨瓦林,沙瓦林,沙林,沙巴林

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a spongelike cake leavened with yeast, baked in a ring mold, and often soaked with a rum syrup.

Examples

  • The discovery of a new dish, said Brillat-Savarin, is of greater importance to humanity than the discovery of a new planet.

  • Thwicket had left two minutes before, having learned that Gallivant was at the Savarin.

  • Baron Savarin, who wrote a treatise on the art of enjoying life, should have added a chapter on the happiness of contrast.

  • These are little gastronomic felicities which Brillat-Savarin, otherwise so complete an author, overlooked in his book.

  • Dumas' soup for dinner; but for breakfast the unrivalled omelette of Brillat-Savarin.

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