🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

猪油

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhūyóu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lard/lɑrd/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她用猪油做了饼干。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for cooking.

    "She used lard to make the pie crust flaky and delicious."
  2. 2

    A substance similar to lard, used in cooking or baking.

    "The recipe called for lard, but she substituted it with vegetable shortening."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'lard' comes from the Old French 'lard', which itself derives from the Latin 'laridum', meaning 'bacon' or 'fat'. The term has evolved over centuries to refer specifically to the rendered fat of pigs, used in cooking and baking.

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