curry

英 [ˈkʌr.i]      美 [ˈkɝː.i]
  • vt. 用咖喱烧,给…加咖喱粉;梳刷;鞭打
  • n. 咖哩粉,咖喱;咖哩饭菜
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1. 音译“咖喱”。
curry 咖喱,梳理马毛

1. 咖喱,来自南印度语,也叫做masala. 如masala chicken, masala mutton.

2. 梳理马毛,来自古法语correier, 来自reier, 准备,整理,词源同ready. 常见于短语curry favor, 给马刷毛,比喻义拍马屁,favor,来自常见马名Fauve拼写俗化,词源同fallow, pale, 即灰白色马或栗色马。

curry
curry: Of the two English words curry, the older, ‘groom a horse’ [13], is now almost forgotten except in the compound currycomb and the phrase curry favour. It comes, via Old French correier, from Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre ‘arrange, prepare, get ready’, which seems to have been an adaptation and partial translation of a prehistoric Germanic verb *garǣthjan, a derivative of the base which produced English ready.

The expression curry favour is a partial translation of Old French estriller favel or torcher favel, literally ‘groom a chestnut horse’, which, for reasons that are not known, was used as a metaphor for hypocritical behaviour; the word favel, unfamiliar to English speakers, was replaced with the semantically appropriate favour. Curry ‘spiced dish’ [16] was borrowed from Tamil kari ‘sauce’.

=> ready
curry (v.)
late 13c., "to rub down a horse," from Anglo-French curreier "to curry-comb a horse," from Old French correier "put in order, prepare, curry," from con-, intensive prefix (see com-), + reier "arrange," from a Germanic source (see ready). Related: Curried; currying.
curry (n.)
the spice, 1680s, from Tamil kari "sauce, relish for rice."
1. Heat the curry thoroughly and serve it on a bed of rice.
把咖喱热透后浇在米饭上。
2. I went for a curry last night.
昨晚我去吃了咖喱菜。
3. Would you like some more curry?
你再来一点咖喱烧菜好吗?
4. Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.
有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒.
5. He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.
他给她带来了一些花, 想讨好她.

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