名詞 butter:

1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

動詞 butter:

1. spread butter on

1. She cooks omelets in butter as they do in France.
   她用奶油做法國式的蛋卷。
2. My mother asked me to cream the butter and sugar together.
   媽媽讓我把黃油和糖攪成奶油狀。
3. We spread butter on bread.
   我們把奶油涂到面包上。
4. I've seen you buttering up the boss!
   我看見你巴結老板來著！
5. He was a shrewd businessman. He knew which side his bread was buttered on.
   他是一個精明的商人，深知自己的利益所在。
6. He spread butter on his bread.
   他在面包上涂黃油。

but.ter

n.（名詞）
A soft yellowish or whitish emulsion of butterfat, water, air, and sometimes salt, churned from milk or cream and processed for use in cooking and as a food.
黃油，奶油：一種乳脂、水、空氣，有時還加鹽的軟的淺黃色或白色的乳化物，通過攪拌牛奶或乳脂而得，加工用于烹飪和并作為食物
Any of various substances similar to butter, especially:
類似黃油的物質，尤指：
A spread made from fruit, nuts, or other foods:
果醬：由水果、堅果仁或其他食物制得的醬狀食品：
例句：
apple butter.
蘋果醬

A vegetable fat having a nearly solid consistency at ordinary temperatures.
植物脂：在常溫下幾乎能保持接近固態(tài)的植物脂肪
Flattery.
奉承話，恭維話
v.tr.（及物動詞）
but.tered,but.ter.ing,but.ters
To put butter on or in.
涂上或夾上黃油

<常用詞組>butter up
To praise or flatter excessively:
諂媚，夸耀：極度地贊美或奉承：
例句：
You`re always buttering up the boss.
你總是拍老板的馬屁

來源：
Middle English butere
中古英語 butere
from Old English
源自 古英語
from Latin butyrum
源自 拉丁語 butyrum
from Greek bouturon
源自 希臘語 bouturon
bous [cow] * see g wou-
bous [奶牛] *參見 g wou-
turos [cheese] * see teu…-
turos [奶酪] *參見 teu…-