Definition of flambé in English:
flambé
adjective ˈflɒmbeɪflɑmˈbeɪ
1postpositive (of food) covered with spirits and set alight briefly.
（食物）面上浇酒并使短暂燃烧的，火烧的
火烧鸡蛋薄饼。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Excuse me,’ Armand spoke up, ‘I can make an ice cream flambé.’
2Denoting or characterized by a lustrous red copper-based porcelain glaze with purple streaks.
（以赤铜为原料制成的）紫色瓷釉的；虹彩色的
verbflambéed, flambés, flambéing ˈflɒmbeɪflɑmˈbeɪ
[with object]Cover (food) with spirits and set it alight briefly.
（食物）面上浇酒并使短暂燃烧的，火烧的
Example sentencesExamples
- For the more adventurous, there's banana flambéed in tequila to set your mouth on fire.
- Then the hunks of bacon kicked in, along with the caramelized onion and the dusky tones of the brandy with which the beef chunks had been flambéed.
- The recipe called for the meat to be flambéed in brandy at one point.
- Another evening, I watch as a waiter flambés my seafood in Madeira wine with delicious results.
- Return the chicken to the pan, flambé with brandy, add the Marsala and cream.
Origin
Late 19th century: French, literally 'singed', past participle of flamber, from flambe 'a flame'.