biscuit
noun/ˈbɪskɪt/
Слово англійською: biscuit
Переклад biscuit українською: пе́чиво, суха́р, кре́кер
Детальний опис
- [countable] (British English) a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until hard
- a packet/tin of chocolate biscuits
- a selection of cheese biscuits
- The cake has a biscuit base (= one made from crushed biscuits).
- We were offered a cup of tea and some biscuits.
- [countable] (North American English) a soft bread roll, often eaten with gravy
- [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colourMore Like This Silent lettersSilent letters
- gnarled
- gnash
- gnat
- gnaw
- gnome
- haute cuisine
- heir
- herb
- honour
- hors d’oeuvre
- hour
- knack
- knee
- kneel
- knife
- knight
- knit
- knob
- knock
- knot
- know
- knuckle
- psalm
- psephology
- psychic
- ptarmigan
- pterodactyl
- psychology
- wrangle
- wrap
- wreath
- wreck
- wrench
- wrestle
- wriggle
- wring
- write
- wrong
- bomb
- climb
- crumb
- doubt
- lamb
- limb
- ascent
- fascinate
- muscle
- scene
- scissors
- height
- right
- sleigh
- weight
- align
- campaign
- design
- foreign
- malign
- reign
- unfeigned
- balmy
- calm
- calf
- half
- yolk
- autumn
- column
- condemn
- damn
- hymn
- solemn
- bristle
- fasten
- listen
- mortgage
- soften
- thistle
- wrestle
- biscuit
- build
- circuit
- disguise
- guilty
- league
- rogue
- vague
- yacht
- answer
- sword
- two
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep).
Idioms
take the biscuit (British English)
(also take the cake North American English, British English)
- (informal) to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that somebody has done
- You've done some stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit!