释义
[ pah -stuh ; especially British pas -tuh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɑ stə; especially British ˈpæs tə / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
Origin of pasta 1870–75; <Italian <Late Latin. See paste
Words nearby pasta passus, pass with flying colors, password, Passy, past, pasta , past continuous, paste, pasteboard, pastedown, pastel
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Example sentences from the Web for pasta At which point Barry orders the pasta in meat sauce, followed up by Tiramisu.
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To encourage the consumption of unlimited calories from fruit and cooked carbohydrates such as potatoes, rice, pasta .
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Imagine getting boxes of pasta and sauce, bags of rice, and sacks of beans, even items like coconut oil and baking flour.
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They can be set off by steam from a boiling pot of pasta or by heat rising from an open oven door, causing, well, alarm.
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In the meantime other Italian pasta makers found an opportunity for some creative reverse marketing.
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Mrs. Montgomery Floyd was enthusiastically fond of music, and very proud of her intimate friendship with Pasta .
Henrietta Temple | Benjamin Disraeli
Pasta epilatoria, L. Several preparations of this character are noticed at pages 552-3.
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Upon the second night Pasta did not come to hear her new rival.
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Dip them into a pasta marinate (No. 17), and fry them a golden brown.
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Pasta , at the end of the first act, declared the new opera a fiasco.
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British Dictionary definitions for pasta noun any of several variously shaped edible preparations made from a flour and water dough, such as spaghetti
Word Origin for pasta Italian, from Late Latin: paste 1
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Words related to pasta tortellini, ravioli, macaroni, spaghetti, linguine, gnocchi, fettuccini, rigatoni, shells, vermicelli, ziti, lasagna, manicotti, orzo