A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk, often seasoned and aged. 奶酪从经压缩过的牛奶凝聚物制成的固体食物,经常是风干的并且是陈年的
curd
[ noun ]
a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
<noun.food> bean curd lemon curd
coagulated milk; used to make cheese
<noun.food> Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey
Curd \Curd\ (k[^u]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curding}.] To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother? --Shak.
Curd \Curd\ (k[^u]rd), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. gruth, Ir, gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim I milk.] [Sometimes written {crud}.] 1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.
Curds and cream, the flower of country fare. --Dryden.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire. --R. Thompson.
Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact. --F. Burr.
Curd \Curd\, v. i. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey --Shak.
Small curd?" he asks a friend who's sent him shopping.
Roquefort is made from unpasteurized ewe's milk, whose curd is molded into a traditional round "loaf" and stored in caves that surround the village.
Cheese-making tools and equipment, including curd knives, cheese forms and a cheese press, were collected from barns and old cheese factories across the state.