• n. 人造黃油；人造奶油

來自法語margarine,人造黃油，最終來自希臘語margaron,珍珠，詞源同margaric,Margaret.該物質通常由動物脂肪或油脂提煉而成，其結晶體與珍珠相似，因此其發明者19世紀法國科學家Hippolyte Mege Mouries借用該希臘詞來命名。

margarine

margarine: [19] Margarine was invented in 1869 by the French food technologist Hippolyte Mège-Mouries. Its name was based on margaric acid, a term coined by the French biochemist Michel-Eugène Chevreul for a fatty acid which he believed to be one of the constituents of animal fats (the earliest margarine was made from clarified beef fat). He derived it from Greek margarítēs ‘pearl’ (source also of English marguerite [19], and of the names Margaret and Margot), an allusion to the pearly lustre of the acid crystals. The abbreviation marge dates from the 1920s.
=> marguerite

margarine (n.)

butter substitute, 1873, from French margarine (see margarin). Invented 1869 by French scientist Hippolyte Mège-Mouries and made in part from edible fats and oils.

The "enterprising merchant" of Paris, who sells Margarine as a substitute for Butter, and does not sell his customers by selling it as Butter, and at Butter's value, has very likely found honesty to be the best policy. That policy might perhaps be adopted with advantage by an enterprising British Cheesemonger. ["Punch," Feb. 21, 1874]

1. Butter, margarine, and oily fish are all good sources of vitamin D.

黃油、人造黃油和多脂魚都含有豐富的維生素D。

來自柯林斯例句

2. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.

作為食品配給制的一種遺留影響，他們總把黃油和人造黃油混在一起吃。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter.

向日葵所制人造黃油的脂肪含量與黃油脂肪含量相同。

來自柯林斯例句

4. We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening.

我們用人造黃油代替奶油,因為奶油會使人發胖.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Melt the margarine in a frying pan.

把人造黃油放在煎鍋里溶化.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》