plum pudding
noun [uncountable, countable] (British English, old-fashioned)a hot pudding (= sweet dish) like a dark fruit cake, traditionally eaten in the UK at Christmas 李子布丁：像黑水果蛋糕一样的热布丁，传统上在圣诞节以英国的名字“圣诞节布丁”食用。 Word Originearly 18th cent.: so named because the pudding was originally made with plums, the word plum being retained later to denote ‘raisin’, which became a substituted ingredient.