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biscuits

/ˈbɪskɪts/

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noun

饼干，小甜饼

(rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.

Examples :

""In England, they often serve tea with biscuits – sometimes the hard, crunchy kind for dipping." "

在英国，他们喝茶时常常会配饼干——有时候是那种硬脆的，可以蘸着茶喝的小甜饼。

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noun

饼干，小面包。

A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

Examples :

"We enjoyed the warm, flaky biscuits with butter and jam for breakfast. "

我们早餐吃了热乎乎、松软的小面包（类似饼干），抹上黄油和果酱，味道好极了。

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noun

饼干，小饼。

Examples :

"cheese and biscuits"

奶酪配饼干小饼

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noun

硬饼干, 船用饼干

The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.

Examples :

"The sailors complained the hard biscuits were so riddled with weevils that they had to knock them on the table to dislodge the bugs before eating them. "

水手们抱怨说，这些硬邦邦的船用饼干里长满了象鼻虫，他们不得不先在桌子上敲打饼干，把虫子敲掉才能吃。

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noun

陶器, 陶瓷饼干

A form of unglazed earthenware.

Examples :

"We used biscuits to protect the electrical wires running along the outside of the old house. "

我们用陶瓷饼干来保护沿着老房子外墙走的电线。

material substance

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米色，浅棕色

A light brown colour.

Examples :

"Her kitchen walls were painted a warm, biscuits color. "

她的厨房墙壁被漆成了温暖的米色，像饼干的颜色一样。

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noun

饼干榫，饼干。

A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

Examples :

"The carpenter used biscuits to join the two pieces of wood together, creating a strong and seamless tabletop. "

木匠用饼干榫把两块木头连接在一起，做成了一个坚固无缝的桌面。

material technical building

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末日卡，核打击授权卡

A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

Examples :

"The President always carries the biscuits, even to simple events, as a constant safeguard. "

总统总是随身携带末日卡（核打击授权卡），即使是参加简单的活动也不例外，以作为持续的安全保障。

military weapon government

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饼干, 手枪。

(hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.

Examples :

"The detective found two rusty biscuits hidden under the floorboards during the investigation. "

在调查期间，侦探在地板下发现了两把锈迹斑斑的“饼干”——手枪。

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冰球，圆盘。

(shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).

Examples :

"The player carefully aimed and slid the biscuits down the shuffleboard table, hoping to score points. "

这位选手小心地瞄准，然后将冰球滑过沙狐球桌，希望得分。