/'dʒelɪ; `dʒɛlɪ/
n
1 (a) [U, C] clear (fruit-flavoured) food substance made of liquid set with gelatine, usu prepared in a mould, which shakes when moved 果冻
*Can I have some more jelly, please? 请再给我点果冻行吗?
* All the strawberry jellies had been eaten. 草莓冻都吃光了.
* (fig 比喻) She went into the interview room, her legs shaking like jelly, ie She was so nervous that she was unsteady. 她走进面试室, 两腿抖得像果冻一样颤颤巍巍.
* [attrib 作定语] a jelly mould 果冻模子.
(b) [U] savoury food like this made from the juices of meat and gelatine 肉冻.
2 [U] type of jam made of strained fruit juice and sugar （滤过的果汁和糖制成的）果酱
*blackcurrant jelly 黑醋栗果酱.
3 [U] jelly-like substance 果冻状物
*petroleum jelly 矿脂.


成胶状的果汁做成的一种果酱

npluraljellies
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: gelee, from geler 'to freeze', from Latin gelare]
[U and C]BrE
a soft sweet food made from fruit juice and gelatin
American Equivalent: Jell-O
　raspberry jelly
[U and C]
a thick sweet substance made from boiled fruit and sugar with no pieces of fruit in it, eaten especially on bread
→jam
　a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
　damson jelly
[U]especially BrE a soft solid substance made from meat juices and gelatin
[U]
a substance that is solid but very soft, and moves easily when you touch it
　frogs' eggs floating in a protective jelly
feel like/turn to jelly
if your legs or knees feel like jelly, they start to shake because you are frightened or nervous
jellies [plural]BrE informal a drug that makes you feel relaxed and sleepy, which some people use illegally
jellies [plural]
shoes made of clear coloured plastic


a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit