madeleine

FREQ #10390

玛德莲蛋糕

发音

UK /ˈmad(ə)lɪn/
UK /ˈmad(ə)lɛn/
US /ˈmædələn/
US /ˌmædəˈleɪn/

词形变化

madeleines 复数 madeleines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A French type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.

    玛德莲蛋糕

  2. 2.

    Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories.

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词源

Unadapted borrowing from French madeleine, from earlier gâteau à la Madeleine, after the given name Madeleine (“Magdalene”), of uncertain reference: attributed in some sources to a 19th-century pastry cook Madeleine Paulmier, whose existence is now considered dubious. In sense 2, used with reference to the cake's function in the extract below, taken from Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

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