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词汇 parkin
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Definition of parkin in English:

parkin

noun ˈpɑːkɪnˈpɑrkɪn
mass nounBritish
  • A kind of dark gingerbread, typically with a soft, dry texture, made with oatmeal and treacle or molasses, especially in Yorkshire around Bonfire Night.

    〈英〉(尤指约克郡在篝火之夜前后做的)燕麦姜饼

    here's an apple and a piece of parkin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She baked simnel cake, parkin and scones and made ‘mintoes’ out of powdered milk, syrup and peppermint.
    • Bonfire night can fill a child with wonder and we love to see their little faces light up at the sight and sound of the fireworks and the smell and taste of treacle toffee and parkin.
    • Melvin bought all three of them hot soup, gingerbread and parkin, small cakes made out of oatmeal and treacle, followed by warm cider for the women and ale for himself.
    • And instead of after-dinner mints, we are having parkin.
    • Bispham United Reformed Church Ladies Friendship Group will hold its monthly coffee morning in the church hall, Warbreck Drive, on Wednesday, November 5, at 10.30 am, when parkin will be served.
    • Fireworks, parkin, sparklers, bonfires - we have one man to thank for the fun.
    • I'm shouting ‘Are you Ellie’ and Elie, complete with a mouthful of parkin, is gleefully shouting back ‘Yeth I am.’
    • I'll never forget her shepherd's pie, cooked with oysters in the old-fashioned style, or her parkin.
    • Mrs Woodcock has been hard at work making home-baked parkin made with locally-brewed real ale Wold Top beer.
    • I would like to point out to the paper's reporter Stephen Lewis that it was my intention not to enforce free parking in York but instead to offer the city's residents free parkin (the cake).
    • We were out of parkin by the time we came to close at 1pm.
    • Traditional bonfire treats including black peas, baked potatoes, parkin, toffee apples and treacle toffee were also on offer.
    • The gang and myself went out there today and came home with loads of veg, free range eggs, homemade bread, some jars of pickles and some parkin, (a Yorkshire cake made from treacle and ginger).
    • I've always loved coming here, I thought, as we made tea in the not-too-floral teacups and remembered the parkin she used to make.

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps from the family name Parkin, diminutive of Per 'Peter'.

Rhymes

Larkin

Definition of parkin in US English:

parkin

nounˈpärkinˈpɑrkɪn
British
  • A kind of dark gingerbread, typically with a soft, dry texture, made with oatmeal and molasses.

    〈英〉(尤指约克郡在篝火之夜前后做的)燕麦姜饼

    here's an apple and a piece of parkin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've always loved coming here, I thought, as we made tea in the not-too-floral teacups and remembered the parkin she used to make.
    • And instead of after-dinner mints, we are having parkin.
    • The gang and myself went out there today and came home with loads of veg, free range eggs, homemade bread, some jars of pickles and some parkin, (a Yorkshire cake made from treacle and ginger).
    • Mrs Woodcock has been hard at work making home-baked parkin made with locally-brewed real ale Wold Top beer.
    • She baked simnel cake, parkin and scones and made ‘mintoes’ out of powdered milk, syrup and peppermint.
    • I'm shouting ‘Are you Ellie’ and Elie, complete with a mouthful of parkin, is gleefully shouting back ‘Yeth I am.’
    • Fireworks, parkin, sparklers, bonfires - we have one man to thank for the fun.
    • I'll never forget her shepherd's pie, cooked with oysters in the old-fashioned style, or her parkin.
    • Melvin bought all three of them hot soup, gingerbread and parkin, small cakes made out of oatmeal and treacle, followed by warm cider for the women and ale for himself.
    • Bonfire night can fill a child with wonder and we love to see their little faces light up at the sight and sound of the fireworks and the smell and taste of treacle toffee and parkin.
    • Traditional bonfire treats including black peas, baked potatoes, parkin, toffee apples and treacle toffee were also on offer.
    • We were out of parkin by the time we came to close at 1pm.
    • Bispham United Reformed Church Ladies Friendship Group will hold its monthly coffee morning in the church hall, Warbreck Drive, on Wednesday, November 5, at 10.30 am, when parkin will be served.
    • I would like to point out to the paper's reporter Stephen Lewis that it was my intention not to enforce free parking in York but instead to offer the city's residents free parkin (the cake).

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps from the family name Parkin, diminutive of Per ‘Peter’.

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