curdle
curdle — verb
- curdlepresent simple I / you / we / they
- curdleshe / she / it
- curdledpast simple
- curdling-ing form
1. to change a smooth liquid, usually milk, so that it thickens and breaks into sof
to change a smooth liquid, usually milk, so that it thickens and breaks into soft solid pieces floating in watery liquid
Talia squeezed lemon juice into the warm milk to curdle it for the recipe.
transitive: curdle + [liquid]
The cream curdled the moment Yuna stirred it into the hot tomato soup.
intransitive: [liquid] curdles
Cheese makers add a special starter so that fresh milk curdles into firm white lumps.
Femi forgot the custard on the stove, and the heat made the eggs curdle.
Otis stirred vinegar into the boiling soup and watched the cream curdle into white flecks.
文法句型
[liquid] curdles
curdle + [liquid]
用法筆記
Often used about milk, cream, or eggs reacting to acid or heat. The change here is physical (lumps and separation) and can be done deliberately in cooking; distinguish from sense 2, where the milk has simply gone bad.
常見錯誤
2. if milk or a similar food curdles, it turns sour and is no longer fit to drink o
if milk or a similar food curdles, it turns sour and is no longer fit to drink or eat
The milk had curdled after a week without power in the broken fridge.
[food] curdles, meaning it spoiled
Camille poured the cream away because it had curdled in the summer heat.
Linh left the fresh cream on the kitchen table, and by evening it had curdled.
The yoghurt smelled awful, so Reema guessed it had curdled days ago.
Karim found the milk in his tent had curdled after two hot afternoons.
文法句型
[food] curdles
用法筆記
Subject is usually a dairy food that has been kept too long or too warm. Unlike sense 1, no person or acid acts on it on purpose; the food simply spoils on its own over time.