spoon
勺子,调羹,汤匙,匙子
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Definitions
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- : a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- : any of various implements, objects, or parts resembling or suggesting this.
- : a spoonful.
- : Also called spoon bait .Angling. a lure used in casting or trolling for fish, consisting of a bright spoon-shaped piece of metal or the like, swiveled above one or more fishhooks, and revolving as it is drawn through the water.
- : Also called num·ber three wood .Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has a greater slope than the brassie or driver, for hitting long, high drives from the fairway.
- : a curved piece projecting from the top of a torpedo tube to guide the torpedo horizontally and prevent it from striking the side of the ship from which it was fired.
- : a unit of energy that, once used, must be replenished before becoming available again.
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- : to eat with, take up, or transfer in or as in a spoon.
- : to hollow out or shape like a spoon.
- : Games. to push or shove with a lifting motion instead of striking it soundly, as in croquet or golf.to hit up in the air, as in cricket.
- : Informal. to nestle in close contact with, as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons: He moved over and spooned her, pressing himself gently against her warm back as she slept.
- : Informal: Older Use. to show affection or love toward by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner.
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- : Informal. to nestle in close contact with one another, as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons: They spooned without shifting position the whole night through.
- : Informal: Older Use. to show affection or love by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner.
- : Games. to spoon a ball.
- : Angling. to fish with a spoon.
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Examples
Dip a spoon into the syrup and pull out one spoonful of this amazing tree sugar.
If the syrup forms a curtain-like sheet off the spoon edge, you are done.
Using a wooden spoon, mash some of the potatoes against the side of the pot and stir to thicken the cooking liquid.
A full spectrum of measuring spoons and cupsIf you’ve been cooking for a while, you may be able to just intuitively scoop out a teaspoon of salt or sugar.
This set of measuring spoons and cups covers just about any measurement you’re likely to find in a new recipe, and comes in fun colors.
Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.
No congratulations for those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and then blame the poor for being poor.
“The spoon was a tool for foreshadowing,” the Facebook page explains.
As the song from Mary Poppins explains, “A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
McLennan was scouring church land with his metal detector in September when he came across a silver spoon.
So after a few minutes I remarked to him, "Everything tastes very sweet out of this spoon!"
Had put on her Sunday gown, and had nothing to do now but hold up her head high, and sup her soup out of a silver spoon.
We don't even have real big prizes—just a dinky little spoon sitting up on the mantel-piece to excite us as if it was a tiara.
Ralph Towne, M.D., he was replying, he was born with a gold spoon in his pretty mouth!
Level the seed in the spoon with a knife-blade, like measuring grain in a half-bushel.