| 释义 | shortening noun[ U ]
 USuk /ˈʃɔː.tən.ɪŋ/ us /ˈʃɔːrt.nɪŋ/
 a type of solid vegetable oil, or sometimes butter or lard (= fat from animals), that is used in cooking, especially to make pastry soft and crumbly (= easily broken)(尤指使酥饼松脆的)起酥油(如黄油)
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Fats & oils in food & cooking
 argan oil
 bergamot
 beurre noisette
 brown butter
 butter
 corn oil
 cottonseed oil
 creamed coconut
 deep fat
 drawn butter
 lard
 leaf lard
 margarine
 milk fat
 non-greasy
 unbuttered
 unsaturated
 vanaspati
 vegetable oil
 virgin
 
 shortening | American Dictionaryshortening
 noun[ U ]
 us/ˈʃɔrt·nɪŋ/
 butter or other fat used in cooking, esp. to make pastry
 
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