tiger bread
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtaɪ.ɡə ˌbred/ us/ˈtaɪ.ɡɚ ˌbred/ (US also Dutch crunch)
虎纹面包
a type of soft white bread that has a crust (= a hard outside layer) that is marked with a pattern of lines and irregular round shapes
Our tiger bread recipe is one for you if you like bread that's soft at the centre and crusty on the outside. 如果你喜欢中心柔软、外有硬壳的面包,我们的虎纹面包配方就是为你准备的。
The supermarket is renaming its tiger bread after a three-year-old girl wrote to the company, saying the bread looked more like a giraffe. 这家超市正在考虑给虎纹面包改名,之前一个三岁的小姑娘写信给他们,说这种面包看起来更像长颈鹿的皮纹。
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- I know tiger bread is very, very hard to make at home.
- The unique cracked crust is made by spreading rice paste on the top of the tiger bread prior to baking.
- Tiger bread - or giraffe bread - is so-called because the cracked coating on its crust resembles patterned fur.