Word · Frequency #10262
curry
用咖喱粉烹制；加咖喱调味
To cook or season (food) with curry powder.
- 1.
To cook or season with curry powder.
用咖喱粉烹饪或调味
- 2.
To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
梳理马毛,用马梳刷马
- 3.
To perform currying upon.
- 4.
To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
鞣制后对皮革进行拍打、摩擦、刮削和着色处理
- 5.
To beat, thrash; to drub.
殴打,鞭打
- 6.
To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
讨好；拍马屁；用马梳梳理（马毛）；刷马；对（鞣制后的）皮革进行整理加工；抽打；痛打；对（函数）进行柯里化
In use
I usually curry chicken with coconut milk for Sunday dinner.
She curried the lamb and served it over rice.
If you curry the vegetables too early, they may lose their fresh taste.
curry sth
curry 是及物动词；宾语为食物时指用咖喱粉烹饪或调味，宾语为马时指用马梳梳理马毛。
She curried the chicken with a mild curry powder.
她用一种温和的咖喱粉给鸡肉调了味。
curry favour (with sb)
curry favour 是固定搭配，不是“用咖喱”；美式拼写为 curry favor。
He tried to curry favour with his manager by volunteering for extra tasks.
他通过主动承担额外任务来讨好经理。
Verb forms
base curry · third person curries · -ing currying · past curried · past participle curried
curry 作动词可指用咖喱烹饪或调味，也指梳马，还常用于 curry favor（讨好）这个搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- curry favor
- 讨好，巴结
- He always tries to curry favor with influential people.他总是试图讨好有影响力的人。
- curried chicken
- 咖喱鸡
- I like curried chicken with rice.我喜欢咖喱鸡配米饭。
- curry a horse
- 给马刷毛
- She curried her horse after the ride.她骑马后给马梳理了毛发。
Idioms & figurative uses
- curry favor
- 讨好，巴结She tried to curry favor with the manager by offering to work overtime.她试图通过主动加班来讨好经理。
Synonyms
- flatter
- 奉承；恭维 · 常用词，指用赞美或好话讨好，目的可强可弱；不一定带贬义。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
给马梳毛要顺着毛，讨好上司要顺着话——curry 既是刷马也是拍马屁。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、politics、office politics curry favour 是正式、略带贬义的固定搭配，多用于书面语或正式场合，表示“讨好、求宠”。口语中较少这样用，更常说 try to please 或 suck up to someone。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Curry rhymes with hurry and worry in both British (/-ʌri/) and American (/-ɜːri/) pronunciations. In American English it also rhymes with furry (/-ɜːri/); in British English furry is /ˈfɜːri/, so it does not rhyme with curry there. Lorry and sorry look similar in spelling but have a different vowel (British /ɒ/, American /ɑː/ or /ɔː/) and are not rhyming matches.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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