risp
adj
(-er, -est) (usu approv 通常作褒義)
1
(a) (esp of food) hard, dry and easily broken (尤指食品)脆的: a crisp biscuit 脆餅乾
crisp pastry, toast, etc 酥脆的糕餅、 再烤的面包片等
The snow was crisp underfoot. 雪踩上去是脆的.
(b) (esp of fruit or vegetables) firm and fresh (尤指水果、 蔬菜)脆生而新鮮的
a crisp apple, lettuce, etc 脆生而新鮮的蘋果、 生菜等.
(c) (esp of paper) slightly stiff (尤指紙張)挺括的
a crisp new 5 note 一張挺括的5英鎊新鈔票.
2 (of the air or the weather) dry and cold (指空氣、 天氣)乾冷的
a crisp winter morning 冬天的一個(gè)乾冷的早晨
the crisp air of an autumn day 秋日的涼爽空氣.
3 (of curls in hair) tight (指毛發(fā)的拳曲狀)緊的.
4 (of sb's manner, way of speaking, etc) brisk, precise and decisive (指態(tài)度、 說話方式等)乾脆的, 斬釘截鐵的
a crisp order 果斷堅(jiān)決的命令
crisp speech 乾凈利落的講話
a crisp and clear answer 乾脆明確的回答. crisp, n
1 (also po,tato `crisp, US potato chip, chip) thin slice of potato, fried and dried, often flavoured and sold in packets 油炸土豆片(常以?quot;俺鍪郟? =>illus at potato 見potato之插圖.
2 (idm 習(xí)語) burn sth to a crisp => burn. crisp v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (up) make sth crisp 使某物變脆
crisp the bread up in the oven 把面包放在烤箱里烤脆.