匿名使用者9級2008-12-01 回答

ice cream

n。（名詞）

A smooth， sweet， cold food prepared from a frozen mixture of milk products， containing a minimum of 10 percent milk fat and flavorings and eaten as a snack or dessert。

冰淇淋：一種光滑、香甜的冷食，由牛奶製品的冷凍混合物。包括不到百分之十的牛奶脂肪、調料，作為小吃或甜點食用

註釋：

Since Americans eat about 15 quarts of ice cream per capita each year，it is appropriate that the first recorded instance of the word （1744） occurs in the writings of an American，who mentions “fine ice cream 。 。 。 with 。 。 。 strawberries and milk。”The history of ice cream itself can be traced much further back，to the Roman Empire， China， and India。Ice cream was introduced to England in the 17th centuryand to America in the 18th。It seems to have been callediced cream at first （1673）， in line with such expressions asiced tea and iced coffee， which we still use，but the formice cream has taken over。

既然美國每年每人吃大約十五夸脫的冰淇淋，說明這個詞1744年首次在一個美國人作品中被寫下的是正確的。這個美國人寫道“美味冰淇淋…有…草莓和牛奶”。冰淇淋本身的歷史也追溯到更久以前，到羅馬帝國、中國和印度。在17世紀冰淇淋被傳入英國，18世紀到美國。開始（在一六七三年）它似乎被稱為iced cream ， 同諸如iced tea 和 iced coffee 一樣， 後兩種用法我們沿襲下來了，但是ice cream 卻被採用了。