| 词汇 | margarine |
| 词源 | margarine. The Latin margarita, “pearl,” is the ancestor of margarine, which, before dyes were commonly added, was a white, pearl-like substance extracted from hog’s lard. Oleomar- garine (from the Latin oleum, “oil,” plus margarine) was coined first, in 1854, by the French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, and shortened to margarine in the U.S. by 1873. |
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