| 释义 |
mee|miː|
[ad. Chinese mien flour, noodles, dough, prob. via the Hokkien pronunc. (min).]
A Chinese dish popular in Malaysia, consisting basically of noodles, with a variety of other ingredients.
1935A. Dixon Singapore Patrol xiii. 107 We were confronted by a large dish piled with a startling mixture of spaghetti, bamboo shoots, sliced prawns, and tiny cubes of pork. The concoction was well seasoned with garlic, chillies, and soya-bean sauce. Its name..was mee. Mee is a favourite dish of the Chinese, and is on sale at all hours of the day and night. 1955P. Anderson Snake Wine ii. vi. 163 A Chinese cook tosses a handful of bean-sprouts, a bundle of pale yellow mee. 1963J. Kirkup Tropic Temper viii. 82, I had some nice fried mee at a Chinese stall. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari v. 72 They sit..wrestling manfully with knives and forks over English lamb chops, with their stomachs clamouring for Chinese mee or kuay teow. 1966D. Forbes Heart of Malaya ii. 31 One could get a plate..of the noodles called mee, for a few cents. |