cheeselet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈt͡ʃiːzlɪt/    美 /ˈt͡ʃizlət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small, usually roundish lump of cheese; a baby cheese; specifically, a particular type made with sheep's milk in Malta. Malta
    — CHEESELETS. A saucer three-fourths full of grated cheese, mix with it the whites of thee eggs beaten stiff, add a pinch of salt, a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Form into balls, roll in cracker crumbs (very fine), drop in boiling lard. To be made during the dinner and served directly with the salad.
  2. A baked dish of bread and cheese covered with a mixture of eggs and milk. US,archaic
    — CHEESELET. […] Line a pudding dish with bread; then sprinkle cheese over; then bread and so on until the dish is full, having a layer of bread on top, buttered side down. […] Pour the custard over the bread and cheese and bake in a moderate oven for twenty or twenty-five minutes.

词形变化

cheeselets plural

词源

From cheese + -let (diminutive suffix). Sense 1 has been reinforced by the word’s use as a calque of Maltese ġbejna (literally “little cheese”), a diminutive of ġobon (“cheese”).
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