mar·ga·rine /ˈmɑrʤərən, ˌrin; ˈmɑrʤrən/
人造黃油
mar·ga·rine /ˈmɑrʤ(ə)rən, əˌrɪn/ 名詞
人造黃油,代黃油
Mar·ga·rine n.
1. A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called oleomargarine; artificial butter.
The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not. --Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).
2. Margarin.
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margarine
n : a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a
substitute for butter [syn: margarin, oleo, oleomargarine,
marge]