cream off

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To extract the cream or creamy part from something.
  2. To separate (the best part of something from the regular part).
    — Manuel points out that the real cost of corruption is not what is actually embezzled or creamed off the top: The best thing these people could do is just take from the public treasury directly, because that would be much less expensive.
  3. To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face).
  4. To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit. figuratively

词形变化

creams off present,singular,third-person creaming off participle,present creamed off participle,past creamed off past
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