cream somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v especially British EnglishBrE BESTto choose the best people or things from a group, especially so that you can use them for your own advantage 选取〔最佳的人或物〕 The best students are creamed off by the large companies. 最优秀的学生都被大公司挑走了。
cream off• Treatments would include keeping the area clean and dry, moisturisers such as E45 cream can ease off drying and scaling.
→ cream somebody/something ↔ off at cream3(1)