ladle
n
long-handled cup-shaped spoon for serving or transferring liquids 長把杓
a `soup ladle 長柄湯杓. =>illus at kitchen 見kitchen插圖. ladle, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth (out) serve (food) with a ladle or in large quantities (用杓)舀或盛很多(食物)
She ladled cream over her pudding. 她在布丁上澆了一大杓奶油.
ladling out the stew 把燉菜舀出來.
2 (phr v) ladle sth out (infml 口) distribute sth (too) lavishly (過分)慷慨地施予某物
He isn't one to ladle out praise, so when he says `Good', he means it. 他可不輕易夸獎人, 所以他要是說`好', 他一定認為真好.