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单词 tortilla
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tortillan.

/tɔːˈtiː(j)ə/
Forms: Also 1800s tortillia.
Etymology: Spanish diminutive of torta cake: see torta n.
In Mexico, A thin round cake made of maize-flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, etc. and eaten hot.
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1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 43 Tartilloes are small Cakes made of the Flower of Indian Corn.
1828 G. F. Lyon Jrnl. Resid. & Tour Mexico II. x. 142 Obliged to seek..for some woman, who will make a few tortillas or a dish of black beans.
1842 New World 11 June 373/3 Maiz..is chiefly used in the Tortillia cakes, of which we hear so much in Mexico..a tortillia is indispensable at least once a day for all classes.
1854 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. 29 The people live exclusively upon tortillas, flat cakes made of crushed Indian Corn, and baked on a clay griddle.
1888 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck B.C. 1887: Ramble in Brit. Columbia (1892) xxii. 239 One of our favourite luxuries is the tortilla (pronounced torteea).

Draft additions December 2005

Also Spanish tortilla. = Spanish omelette n. at Spanish adj., n.1, and adv. Compounds 7. Cf. frittata n., tortilla española n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > omelette
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moyse1611
omelette1611
omelette aux fines herbes1800
frittata1825
omelette soufflé1826
Spanish tortilla1884
Spanish omelette1886
tortilla española1957
chips mayai1998
1884 Atlantic Monthly July 35/2 I here [sc. in Spain] first made acquaintance with tortillas, or eggs scrambled with tomatoes, a very nice breakfast dish.
1895 Evening Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 16 May 3/4 Spanish Tortilla... Slice or chop some potatoes... Pour in either eggs plainly prepared..or batter, and allow the whole to set... Serve..without rolling.
1959 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 21 May 28/1 When we cooked a tortilla for lunch..we all liked it so much that two of us could have finished it off by ourselves!
2004 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 24 Aug. b1 Beans with ham, spicy snails, crispy fritters or croquettes, and tortilla, a thick round potato omelette, are all part of the endless variety of tapas.

Draft additions September 2007

tortilla chip n. originally U.S. a (usually wedge-shaped) piece of tortilla which has been fried or baked until crisp, typically eaten with the fingers and served as a snack with salsa or some other dip; cf. nacho n.; (also) a salty crisp or chip made with ground corn and typically eaten as a snack (see corn chip n. (b) at corn n.1 Additions).
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1934 Los Angeles Times 16 Dec. (Christmas Gift Suppl.) 3/5 (advt.) ) Tortilla Chips & Tamales. Finest quality.
1938 N.Y. Herald Tribune 24 Mar. 18/7 Texas has borrowed a food idea from Mexico, and today presents New York with the tortilla chip.
1998 Indianapolis Star 16 Apr. f 3/3 For a mild and flavorful salsa, chop 3 cups strawberries, a mango, an avocado and 1/4 cucumber into chunks and place in a bowl... Serve with blue-corn tortilla chips.
2004 B. Land Goat ii. v. 83 The Kappa Sigs serve finger food of the worst kind.., plain potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips and salsa.

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chiefly British = tortilla chip n. at Additions.
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1967 Daily-Times News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 29 Dec. Corn chips, tortillas, etc., make good dippers.
1996 Independent (Nexis) 16 Mar. (Shopping section) 6 What happens when your pot of Mexican chilli dip outlives your tortillas?
2006 Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. 79 It was very difficult to find good chips and salsa, so we decided to bring our own. I must have loaded 200 bags of tortillas into my golf bag.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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