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vanilla n.香草 (1) 他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。 If something is called vanilla — such as coffee or a milkshake — it's usually flavored with vanilla extract or the seeds from a vanilla pod. Vanilla is the most common flavor of ice cream. This word has another, slightly insulting, meaning: a vanilla movie is plain and kind of boring. A vanilla song is on the blah side. Maybe it's because vanilla food tends to be white and plain that we use this word for other things that are bland.

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英 [və'nɪlə] 美 [və'nɪlə] (1) He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla. Vanilla is the flavor for food — such as ice cream — that contains extract from the vanilla plant. This word also describes things that are boring or plain. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]香草精；香子兰精 Vanilla is a flavouring used in ice cream and other sweet food.   [usu N n]I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。...vanilla essence.香草精2[ADJ 形容词]寻常的；无特色的 If you describe a person or thing as vanilla, you mean that they are ordinary, with no special or extra features. ...just plain vanilla couples like me and Tony...只是如我和托尼一样的平常夫妇The tensions of the Nixon presidency were replaced by the plain vanilla administration of a friendly, middle-aged, middle-class man from the Middle West.尼克松时代的紧张局面被一届平淡无奇的政府所取代，继任总统温和友善，正值中年，出身中产阶级，来自中西部。

英语单词	vanilla
英美音标	英 [və'nɪlə] 美 [və'nɪlə]
中文释义	n.香草
英语例句	(1) He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.
中文例句	(1) 他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
vocabulary简明	Vanilla is the flavor for food — such as ice cream — that contains extract from the vanilla plant. This word also describes things that are boring or plain.
vocabulary扩展	If something is called vanilla — such as coffee or a milkshake — it's usually flavored with vanilla extract or the seeds from a vanilla pod. Vanilla is the most common flavor of ice cream. This word has another, slightly insulting, meaning: a vanilla movie is plain and kind of boring. A vanilla song is on the blah side. Maybe it's because vanilla food tends to be white and plain that we use this word for other things that are bland.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]香草精；香子兰精 Vanilla is a flavouring used in ice cream and other sweet food. [usu N n] I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie. 我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。 ...vanilla essence. 香草精 2 [ADJ 形容词]寻常的；无特色的 If you describe a person or thing as vanilla, you mean that they are ordinary, with no special or extra features. ...just plain vanilla couples like me and Tony... 只是如我和托尼一样的平常夫妇 The tensions of the Nixon presidency were replaced by the plain vanilla administration of a friendly, middle-aged, middle-class man from the Middle West. 尼克松时代的紧张局面被一届平淡无奇的政府所取代，继任总统温和友善，正值中年，出身中产阶级，来自中西部。

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