A sauce, frosting, or garnish for food. 浇头食物上面的调料,奶油或装饰物
You know, if you eat all the frosting there won't be any left for Grandma. 要是你把糖霜都吃光了,奶奶就吃不到了。
frosting
[ noun ] a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes <noun.food>
Frost \Frost\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frosting}.] 1. To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
2. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass; as, glass may be frosted by exposure to hydrofluoric acid.
While with a hoary light she frosts the ground. --Wordsworth.
3. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
Frosting \Frost"ing\, n. 1. A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.
2. A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.
3. the lightened color on part of an object, as of hair, produced by treatment with bleach or other chemicals; as only part of the object is thus treated, the final color of the object is two-toned; also, the process of producing such a two-toned effect. [PJC]
He refers to M&A fees as the "frosting on the cake."
A thumb stuck in the middle before baking leaves a depression just right for frosting or jam.
"Carrie White World's Oldest Person" was written in frosting on the cake, which featured 114 candles, a small globe and two hourglasses.
Rock star Prince's fondness for macaroni and cheese and canned cake frosting was too much for his chef, who quit after only a month on the job.