2016年11月30日 · From my understanding, I think of creme as a dessert. She pressed down on the lever to shoot out a mound of whipped creme. Though, I don't know about the cream. Multiple times, I've had people come up to me and say, "It's c-r-e-a-m, not c-r-e-m-e, when I'm talking about whipped creme. Then again, I'm 12. The point is, does creme have multiple uses?

The French expression may have had additional appeal in English because French evoked sophistication and the ruling class. In the 20th century, the use of creme de la creme declined (possibly due to the reduced exposure to and influence of French in English-speaking countries), though it has seen a recent revival.

2023年7月28日 · I was listening to "Let it Bleed" by The Rolling Stones, and the lyrics say Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on // Yeah and if you want to, well you can cream on me On the Cambridge

2019年6月26日 · There is no more reason to capitalize romesco sauce than there is to capitalize tartar sauce, soy sauce, tomato sauce, cream sauce, picante sauce, diavolo sauce, puttanesca sauce, or rémoulade sauce.

2020年4月28日 · From what I've learned in my time at school/From my personal experience, you are correct to put a comma before "like" in the sentence you used as an example.

2015年12月9日 · I suggest calling it the acme ("The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination") or the pinnacle ("The highest point"; "An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success") of perfection.

In French, from whom we’ve borrowed the word, it’s /fɛt/ “fet”. But if we pronounced it as if it were an English word after dropping the accent, it would be /fi:t/ “feet”.

2016年3月11日 · Try cream of the crop.. Fig. the best of all. This particular car is the cream of the crop. These three students are very bright.

2017年1月24日 · 2005 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb. 45 The drink incorporates creme de mure (blackberry liqueur), the somewhat sweeter sister of creme de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur). Sister, in this [attributive] sense thus pre-dates the nautical influence. †10. Nautical. Any of various items of tackle having two or more matching components. Obsolete.