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sherbet

/shur-bit/US // ˈʃɜr bɪt //UK // (ˈʃɜːbət) //

雪碧,冰糕,冰沙,雪糕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes sher·bert [shur-burt] /ˈʃɜr bɜrt/ . a frozen dessert made with sweetened fruit juice or purée, typically containing milk or cream, with egg white or gelatin often added.
    • : a traditional Middle Eastern drink made of sweetened fruit juice diluted with water and ice.
    • : Chiefly British. a sweetened powder moistened in the mouth and eaten as a fizzy confection or mixed with water to make a fizzy drink.

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Examples

  • The two have a terrible row about orange sherbet, and Don leaves Megan in a Howard Johnson parking lot.

  • But the beauty of it is that it has the best qualities of both desserts: creamy like a sherbet, refreshing like a sorbet.

  • My new acquaintance called for a hookah and sherbet, and in a few moments we were on excellent terms.

  • There was a little table at hand; on it stood a rock-crystal goblet and a silver cooler filled with snow-water and rose sherbet.

  • Almost immediately she rentered, in each hand a silver cup, the cups identical, each filled with violet sherbet.

  • Then in summer, if you can get ice cheaply, you can have fruits made into sherbet or frozen as they are.

  • There we would sit sipping sherbet, and cracking nuts, among which salted watermelon seeds figured prominently.