zwieback

<德>n.烤干面包( 常用鸡蛋甜面包烤成的一种面包片)

词形变化

zwiebacks 复数 zwiebacks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of rusk, usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.

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    Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off, And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

rusk twice-baked bread

上位词 1

toast

词源

From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e. “twice-baked”), a calque of Italian biscotto (but not to be confused with it).

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