cream of the crop
精英荟萃,百里挑一,精英,精华
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- : the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- : a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a prophylactic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purpose.
- : Usually creams. a soft-centered confection of fondant or fudge coated with chocolate.
- : a purée or soup containing cream or milk: cream of tomato soup.
- : the best part of anything: the cream of society.
- : a yellowish white; light tint of yellow or buff.
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- : to form cream.
- : to froth; foam.
- : Informal. to advance or favor only the wealthiest, most skilled or talented, etc., especially so as to reap the benefits oneself: Management is creaming by advancing only the most productive workers.
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Barnard won in 2019 with his maple pecan porridge, a mix of pecan butter, maple syrup, dry milk powder, and cream, all topped with pecans sauteed in ghee.
It would be like…if I say I’m going to buy you some ice cream and I’ll bring it to you, you have to be prepared to either eat it right then or store it somewhere because it’s not going to last.
So for example, at the start of the pandemic, you know, people were receiving WhatsApp health advice that was telling them to avoid ice cream and meat.
It also has a vibrant restaurant scene featuring comfort food eateries, barbecue restaurants, gastropubs and several popular ice-cream shops.
The first 5,000 members to sign up will receive samples of anti-aging cream from the launch partner, beauty brand StriVectin.
But Huckabee (akin to Elizabeth Warren on the left) is like an ice cream sundae.
Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.
The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.
They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence.
"I have had a letter from your friend," she remarked, as she poured a little cream into Edna's cup and handed it to her.
He had "taken the cream" out of those old law-books, if studying them could do it, for he had been at them pretty often of late.