margarin
[,ma:dʒə'rin]
- n. 人造奶油
英英释义
- 1. a glyceryl ester of margaric acid
- 2. a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
英文词源
- margarin (n.)
- 1836, from French margarine, a chemical term given to a fatty substance obtained from animal and vegetable oil, coined by French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889) in 1813 from (acide) margarique "margaric (acid);" literally "pearly," from Greek margarites "pearl" (see Margaret). So called for the luster of the crystals. Now discarded in this sense as a chemical term, but preserved in margarine.