flour

• n. 麵粉；粉狀物質
• vt. 撒粉於；把…磨成粉
• n. (Flour)人名；(法)弗盧爾

來自詞根flor, 花，詞源同flower. 麵粉義來自其比喻義花粉，精華。

flour

flour: [13] Etymologically, flour is the same word as flower. It originally meant the ‘flower’, or ‘finest part’, of ground grain, and hence eventually just ‘ground (and more or less sifted) grain’. The distinction in spelling between flour and flower did not emerge until the late 18th century, and the spelling flower for ‘flour’ persisted into the early 19th century.
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flour (n.)

"finer portion of ground grain," mid-13c., from flower (n.), and maintaining its older spelling, on the notion of flour as the "finest part" of meal, perhaps as the flower is the finest part of the plant or the fairest plant of the field (compare French fleur de farine), as distinguished from the coarser parts (meal (n.2)). Old French flor also meant both "a flower, blossom" and "meal, fine flour." The English word also was spelled flower until flour became the accepted form c. 1830 to end confusion. Flour-knave "miller's helper" is from c. 1300.

flour (v.)

"to sprinkle with flour," 1650s, from flour (n.). Meaning "convert (wheat) into flour" is from 1828. Related: Floured; flouring.

1. Just how much kneading is required depends on the sort of flour.

需要揉多久取決於用哪種麵。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.

將麵粉和發酵粉篩入中等大小的攪拌碗中。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Shake off any excess flour before putting livers in the pan.

將多餘的麵粉抖落幹淨，再把肝髒放進鍋中。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Combine the flour with 3 tablespoons water to make a paste.

往麵粉裏加3大勺水揉成麵團。

來自柯林斯例句

5. They mill 1,000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state.

澳大利亞各州每天都要磨1,000噸麵粉。

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