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.
中文解释
1. 音译“巧克力”。
实用例句
1. Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.
同时，把碗置于微沸的水上，将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.
我只有在觉得自己胖得很难看的时候才能拒绝巧克力这类东西的诱惑。
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3. When depressed, they dramatically overindulge in chocolate and sweets.
情绪低落的时候，她们就疯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.
那表示尼古拉斯还想要一块巧克力曲奇。
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5. They insist on tastier chocolate than the anaemic British stuff.