sorbet
/ˈsɔːbeɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsɔːrbət/ (ame, ipa) · /sȯr-ˈbā also ˈsȯr-bət/ (ame, mw)
sorbet — noun
- sorbetsingular
- sorbetsplural
1. a cold sweet dessert prepared by freezing a blend of fruit juice or crushed frui
a cold sweet dessert prepared by freezing a blend of fruit juice or crushed fruit with sugar and water, containing no milk or cream
After the grilled fish, the waiter brought each guest a small cup of lemon sorbet.
collocation: sorbet served between courses as palate cleanser
Amara made a batch of passion fruit sorbet for her daughter's birthday party.
On hot afternoons, Noa often stops at the shop for a mango sorbet cone.
The dessert menu listed three flavours of sorbet: raspberry, lime, and peach.
It is easy to prepare a simple strawberry sorbet with just three ingredients.
- sherbet
In US English, sherbet contains a small amount of milk or cream, making it richer than sorbet; in UK English sherbet is a fizzy powder, not the same product.
- granita
An Italian frozen dessert with a coarser, icier texture than sorbet, scraped with a fork during freezing.
- snow cone
Crushed ice topped with flavoured syrup, much simpler and not blended or churned like sorbet.
- ice cream
Contains cream or milk and has a fattier, creamier texture than fruit-based sorbet.
文法句型
a [flavour] sorbet
a scoop of sorbet