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词汇 bisque
释义 bisque
noun
uk /biːsk//bɪsk/ us /bɪsk//biːsk/

bisquenoun (SOUP)


[ C or U ] food & drink specialized
a thick soup, especially one that is made from shellfish (= sea creatures that live in shells): 海味浓汤,贝类浓汤,海鲜浓汤
We started with a bowl of creamy lobster bisque.
crayfish/langoustine/shrimp bisque
Light soups such as cream soups, bisques, or vegetable soups are usually the introduction to a meal rather than the main course.
 
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[ U ]
a pale pinkish-brown colour similar to the colour of this soup:
Refrigerators are available in white, black, stainless steel, and bisque (beige).
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Soups
alphabet soup
avgolemono
billi bi
bird's nest soup
borscht
cock-a-leekie
congee
consommé
court bouillon
gazpacho
minestrone
mock turtle soup
mulligatawny
panada
pea soup
saimin
Scotch broth
soup
soup du jour
soupy

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Less common colours

bisquenoun (CLAY)


[ U ] art specialized
a material made out of clay that has been fired(= heated in a special oven so it becomes hard) once and not yet glazed(= covered with a shiny layer and heated again):
Bisque is not water-safe until it has been painted with glaze and then fired again.
I love these rustic bisque tiles.
See also
bisqueware
Bisque was the most common material for doll heads until the beginning of the 20th century.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ceramics & pottery
amphora
biscuit ware
bisqueware
bone china
ceramic
crazed
crazing
earthen
earthenware
fire
glaze
glazed
porcelain
potter
potter's wheel
pottery
refire
terracotta
throw
ware

bisquenoun (SPECIAL CHANCE)


[ Cusually singular ] sports specialized
in sports such as croquet, tennis, or golf, an extra turn that is given to a weaker player:
The balls were placed so badly that I decided to take a bisque.
[ Cusually singular ]
special permission not to do something:
This was a debate in which one would choose to take a bisque.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bowls, bowling & croquet
alley
bias
bocce
boule
bowling alley
bowling ball
bowling green
bowling lane
counter
croquet
duckpin
duckpin bowling
jack
lawn bowling
mallet
pin
pinsetter
skip
strike
tenpin

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Allowing and permitting
Freedom to act
bisque
verb[ I or T ]
uk /biːsk//bɪsk/ us /bɪsk//biːsk/
to fire clay objects (= heat them in a special oven) once, usually before glazing them (= covering them with a shiny layer and heating them again):
To bisque is to fire the clay for the first time.
Bisqueware or biscuit ware is a term for pots that have been bisqued.
Bisqued pots are often pinkish in colour.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ceramics & pottery
amphora
biscuit ware
bisqueware
bone china
ceramic
crazed
crazing
earthen
earthenware
fire
glaze
glazed
porcelain
potter
potter's wheel
pottery
refire
terracotta
throw
ware

Examples of bisque


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He has not the slightest knowledge about the persons against whom he exercises his bisques, nor yet about those who take their place.
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Under those conditions he is given three bisques which he is entitled to use capriciously and irresponsibly.
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This debate did not look at first as if it were one in which one would choose to take a bisque.
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This is my bisque night, my night off.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Even taking off export-import borrowing and bisque we get a figure of£950 million.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It cannot be for an accused person to decide to redress the balance by the capricious use of bisques.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I would call them beasts rather than bisques, if that is not an unparliamentary term.
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By their 54 bisques they then excluded from the jury any juror unless his home address was adjacent to one of the accused.
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It is called a bisque here.
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Cracking may appear in greenware as well as each stage of the firing including bisque ware and glazed ware.
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She spent years repairing broken bisque dolls brought in by her neighbors and experimenting with ways to produce sturdier dolls.
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Bisque was the most common material for doll heads until the turn of the 20th century, when composite material took over.
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Preferable qualities of the bisque include a slight translucency without spots or holes.
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Problems arose with the product when it was discovered that the dimensions of the bisque were inconsistent.
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Child like bisque dolls appeared in the mid-19th century and overtook the market towards the end of the century.
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