cream /kriːm/

noun

1

[U, C] 护肤霜；洁净剂；清洗液

a soft substance or thick liquid used on your skin to protect it or make it feel soft; a similar substance used for cleaning things

hand/moisturizing cream

护手 / 润肤霜

antiseptic cream

抗菌药膏

a cream cleaner

乳液清洁剂

2

精英；精华；精髓

the best people or things in a particular group

the cream of New York society

纽约社会的精英

the cream of the crop of this season's movies

本季节电影的最佳影片

verb

短语动词

cream sb/sth↔off

提取（精华）；选取（最好的人或物）；取走（某数额的金钱）

to take sth away, usually the best people or things or an amount of money, in order to get an advantage for yourself

The best students were creamed off by the grammar schools.

最好的学生都已被文法学校录取。

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