chocolate

• n. 巧克力，巧克力糖；巧克力色
• adj. 巧克力色的；巧克力口味的
• n. (Chocolate)人名；(葡)紹科拉特

來自南美土著語，詞源有爭議。一說來自cacahuatl, caca即cacao(可可豆)，atl, 水。另一說來自xocolatl, 苦水，xococ, 苦的，atl, 水。

chocolate

chocolate: [17] Chocolate is one of the contributions made to English by the Nahuatl language of the Aztec people. Their xocolatl was a compound noun formed from xococ ‘bitter’ and atl ‘water’, and therefore when first adopted by European languages (via Spanish) it was used for the drink ‘chocolate’. This was its original sense in English, and it was not for half a century or more that it came to be applied to solid, edible ‘chocolate’.

chocolate (n.)

c. 1600, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) xocolatl, possibly from xocolia "to make bitter" + atl "water." Brought to Spain by 1520, from thence to the rest of Europe. Originally a drink; as a paste or cake made of ground, roasted, sweetened cacao seeds, 1640s.

To a Coffee-house, to drink jocolatte, very good [Pepys, "Diary," Nov. 24, 1664].

As a color from 1776. Chocolate chip is from 1940; chocolatier is attested from 1888.

1. Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.

同時，把碗置於微沸的水上，將白巧克力放入碗中使其熔化。

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2. I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.

我隻有在覺得自己胖得很難看的時候才能拒絕巧克力這類東西的誘惑。

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3. When depressed, they dramatically overindulge in chocolate and sweets.

情緒低落的時候，她們就瘋狂地猛吃巧克力和糖果。

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4. That was Nicholas's cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie.

那表示尼古拉斯還想要一塊巧克力曲奇。

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5. They insist on tastier chocolate than the anaemic British stuff.

他們堅持要比淡而無味的英國貨味道更好的巧克力。

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