He buttered a piece of bread for himself.

他为自己把一片面包涂上黄油。

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He sat down, cut and buttered a slice of the loaf.

他坐下来，切了片面包，涂上黄油。

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There, on the table, was my attempt at making toast before I went to bed. Only, instead of buttering bread, I'd buttered a sponge.

餐桌上放着一块昨晚我睡觉前没吃完的面包，上面没涂奶油果酱，只有一块海绵帖在面包上…

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Traditionally, crayfish tails are plucked from their shells and slipped onto a slice of buttered bread with a sprinkling of dill and a squeeze of lemon.

BBC: Finland's summer feast

Still, a nicely buttered radish is just the thing to remind any cook to stay humble and simple in the kitchen.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Hungry for Paris'

The day began with a couple of well-buttered tartines, and in the course of it he might well get a millefeuille ready.

ECONOMIST: Gaston Len?tre