Turkish delight

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings. uncountable,usually
    — Bunter thanked him gravely for his good opinion, and proffered a box of that equally nauseating mess called Turkish Delight, which not only gluts the palate and glues the teeth, but also smothers the consumer in a floury cloud of white sugar.

词形变化

Turkish delights plural

词源

Allegedly coined by an English traveller who could not pronounce the Ottoman Turkish name راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), 18th c.
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