We were told that macaroons needed to be left for several hours to enable the filling to soften the lid and base, until only the carapace of the meringue remained crisp.

IMAGINE a macaroon, its pink surface smooth and delicate as paper, crushing through into a soft crumb perfumed with rose petals.

想象一片蛋白杏仁饼干，粉色表面光滑均匀，饼身薄如轻纸，轻轻压碎，软软的饼干屑散发着玫瑰花瓣的芳香；

Rivalry whirled round his wildly fashionable, featherlight, multicoloured and multiflavoured macaroons; if Mr Len ô tre was not their inventor, he still named his house Villa Macaron after them.

他的蛋黄杏仁饼干外形时尚、轻如羽毛、五彩缤纷、口味各异，在竞争者看来天花乱坠；就算雷诺特先生未曾发明这些，他还是用“蛋黄杏仁饼屋”给自己的蛋糕房命名。

Now how did you knowI love macaroons?

你怎么知道我喜欢吃杏仁甜饼？

With raspberries and hazelnut macaroon.

里面有覆盆子和榛子杏仁饼干。

Rande Janus sells locally made macarons at his store, the Wine Cabinet, in Reston, Virginia.

他的商店位于弗吉尼亚州赖斯顿，名为酒柜。

But then, the tale takes an even weirder turn: Ha inexplicably decides that the perfect home for this mysteriously orphaned Cheetos dust is in a macaron!

但后来这个故事的走向就有点不可思议了：Ha莫名其妙地决定将这神秘的奇多粉放进马卡龙里，仿佛给孤儿找了个家。

The Cheetos Macaron is the brainchild of Simon Tung and Christina Ha, who own New York City's Macaron Parlor.

奇多马卡龙是董世文和Christina Ha发明的，他们是纽约马卡龙店的店主。

and Pierre Herm é, France's "Picasso of Pastries," which sells cakes and macarons almost too pretty to eat.

以及法国“糕点毕加索”皮埃尔·埃尔梅（Pierre Hermé）的糕点店，这里的蛋糕和马卡龙好看得让人舍不得吃。

The waiter brings two plates of fruit tart with macaroons, and Ban talks about areas where the UN has been unable to deliver "as much as possible."

侍者端上了两盘配有马卡龙的水果塔，潘基文谈到了一些联合国无法取得“尽可能多”的成效的领域。

There are Paleo books, action figures, beauty products, liquors, sleep masks, "barefoot" shoes and clothing, not to mention a glut of places that sell all manner of Paleo foods, including almond-flower macaroons, elk jerky and grainless granola bars.

有关于旧石器时期的书籍、人偶模型、美容制品、酒类饮料、睡眠眼罩、“大脚怪”鞋子和衣服；更有一大堆贩卖按旧石器时期方式制作的食物，包括杏花马卡龙、麋鹿肉干和无谷即食麦片棒。

To follow the ceremony which, naturally took place on the shore of the beach, guests could enjoy a selection of ocean themed macaroons and cupcakes.

这场婚礼的场地自然是选在海边沙滩上，参加婚礼的宾客们可以享用多种海洋生物形状的马卡龙和纸杯蛋糕。

Look at that, it's almost 4pm... It may be that we sit down for a capuccino and a couple of macarons but I can only think of one way to describe this... Afternoon tea.

看看表，差不多下午4点了，我们可能会坐下来喝杯卡布奇诺，吃几块马卡龙。但我只能想出一个词来描述这些，那就是“下午茶”。

The place was impeccable, and, after sitting down, Mr. Stallone, who comes across as self-aware, self-effacing and a little silly, slid a plate of macarons and petit fours across the coffee table.

他给人一种有自知之明、谦逊和憨憨的感觉。坐下来之后，他把一盘马卡龙和花式小蛋糕从咖啡桌那边推过来。

Are you sure you won't have a macaroon?

你真的不要来一块马卡龙吗

Accordingly, people went along with the decree forbidding split infinitives.

因此，人们遵守着禁止分裂不定式这个规则。

Not only are they frowning at every handwritten sign to suss out split infinitives in the weekly sales, but they also refuse to use the express lane. "Ten items or less," they sniff.

他们不仅会对“每周特价”标语里被拆分的不定式嗤之以鼻，而且还会拒绝使用超市的快速结算通道。

Most split infinitives follow this model an adverb is put between to and the verb.

大多数不定式拆分遵循以下原则在to和动词之间插一个副词。

In addition, you can't split infinitives in Latin since they're one word ( currere) rather than two ( to run), and Latin was still a big deal back then.

此外，拉丁语里的不定式不可分裂，因为在拉丁语中不定式是由一个单词（currere）构成而不是两个单词（to run）。而在那个时代，拉丁语的地位非常重要。

In fact, the split infinitive is encountered in the most formal of writing.

实际上，大部分的正式写作都会遇到需要分离不定式的情况。

He feels himself buried in those two infinities, the ocean and the sky, at one and the same time: the one is a tomb, the other is a shroud.

他觉得自己同时被两种广大无边的东西所掩埋：海和天，一种是墓穴，一种是殓衣。