| 释义 |
‖ sushi|ˈsuʃi, ˈsuːʃɪ|
[Jap.]
A Japanese dish consisting of small balls of cold boiled rice flavoured with vinegar and commonly garnished with slices of fish or cooked egg. Also attrib. Hence ‖ sushiya |suˈʃija|, in Japan, a shop which serves sushi.
1893A. M. Bacon Jap. Interior xi. 180 Domestics served us with tea and sushi or rice sandwiches. 1910J. Inouye Home Life in Tokyo vi. 77 The most common food taken on such an occasion is sushi, which is a lump of rice which has been pressed with the hand into a roundish form with a slight mixture of vinegar and covered on the top with a slice of fish or lobster, or a strip of fried egg, or rolled in a piece of laver. 1928K. Yamato Shoji vi. 77 His sushi, to afford the acme of succulence, had to be eaten at the stall. 1936K. Tezuka Jap. Food 74 Sushi has been made in many ways since olden times and is prized by rich and poor alike. 1967D. & E. T. Riesman Conversations in Japan 282 We were standing at the sushi buffet of the train. 1968P. S. Buck People of Japan xiii. 158 Since sushi is nothing more than the equivalent of a sandwich, or fishy snack, the sushi bar can hardly be described as a den of iniquity. 1970P. & J. Martin Jap. Cooking 53 The sushiya, or sushi shop, plays in Japan a role curiously similar to that of the pub in England. |