cream off

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von cream off im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

krem off

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von cream off im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

1. remove from the surface; skim, skim off, cream2. pick the best, skim off

disapproval If a person or organization creams off a large amount of money, they take it and use it for themselves. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms

remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"

disapproval To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others. The private schools cream off many of the best pupils

pick the best

Relevante Übersetzungen

skim the cream off the milk

remove the cream from the top of the milk

Türkische aussprache

krim ôf

Aussprache

/ˈkrēm ˈôf/ /ˈkriːm ˈɔːf/

Etymologie

[ 'krEm ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English creime, creme, from Middle French craime, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust.