gelato
gelato — noun
- gelatosingular
- gelatosplural
1. an Italian-style frozen dessert that is denser and smoother than typical ice cre
an Italian-style frozen dessert that is denser and smoother than typical ice cream, churned slowly with less air and made with more milk than cream, served in many fruit, nut, and chocolate flavours.
Beatriz ordered a small cup of pistachio gelato after dinner in Rome.
common collocation: a cup/cone of [flavour] gelato
The little shop near the cathedral sells homemade gelato in twenty different flavours.
uncountable mass use: gelato (no article)
Owen prefers gelato to American ice cream because it tastes richer and less sweet.
On hot summer afternoons in Florence, families line up outside the gelato shops.
Putri learned how to make lemon gelato during a cooking class in Sicily.
- ice cream
broader category; ice cream has more cream and more whipped-in air, making it lighter and colder on the tongue.
- sorbet
dairy-free fruit-based frozen dessert; gelato usually contains milk while sorbet does not.
- frozen custard
American dessert with egg yolks; richer than ice cream but uses cream rather than gelato's milk base.
文法句型
a + gelato (one serving)
uncountable mass: gelato (the food type)
用法筆記
Often used uncountably for the food type ('I love gelato'), but takes 'a' or a measure word ('a gelato', 'two scoops of gelato') for individual servings. Distinguish from 'ice cream' by texture and recipe: less cream, less air, served warmer.