fudge
noun
uk/fʌdʒ/us/fʌdʒ/fudgenoun(SWEET/CANDY)
[U]
asoftsweetmade fromsugar,butter, andmilk
乳脂软糖Westend61/GettyImages
Sweets
- almond paste
- baking chocolate
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cooking chocolate
- cotton candy
- Jordan almond
- jujube
- Kendal mint cake
- licorice
- liquorice
- selection box
- semisweet chocolate
- sherbet
- spun sugar
- stick of rock
fudgenoun(AVOID)
[Cusually singular]UK
aplanoractionthatavoidsmaking acleardecisionor giving aclearanswer:
含糊其辞(避免作出明确确定或给出明确答案)Shesuspectsthat thiscompromisedealwill be nothing more than a fudge.她怀疑这种折中的协议只不过是在敷衍而已。
It's abitof a fudge but we could put thecostthrough on next year'sbudget.虽然有点儿蒙混嫌疑,我们还是可以把花销转入明年的预算中。
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch
fudge
verb[T]
uk/fʌdʒ/us/fʌdʒ/toavoidmaking adecisionor giving aclearanswerabout something:
回避;搪塞;敷衍;含糊其辞Thegovernmentcontinuesto fudgetheissuebyrefusingto giveexactfigures.政府一直回避这一问题,拒绝给出准确的数据。
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch