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单词 pomfret
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Definition of pomfret in English:

pomfret

noun ˈpɒmfrɪtˈpəm-
  • A deep-bodied fish of open seas, which typically has scales on the dorsal and anal fins.

    Family Bramidae: several genera and species, including the edible Brama brama of the North Atlantic (also called Ray's bream)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nethili, kanava, pomfret, seer, crab, tiger prawn and sand lobster are cooked in Indian, Chinese styles, Kababs, deep-fried and dry-fried, a truly gastronomic delight.
    • I found it strange, though not actively painful, to go four days in Chennai without anything more meaty than a slice of tandooried pomfret.
    • Fish on offer include sea bass, grouper, pomfret, butter fish, snow fish, red snapper and tub tim.
    • Seer fish steaks and fillets pomfret and mackerel are for the taking.
    • The white pomfret is the most highly esteemed fish for serving at honorific meals in Malaysia, where the excess of demand over supply makes it expensive.
    • Don't expect to get a fried piece of pomfret or seerfish; but the sardines and mackerels fried in coconut oil would be tastier.
    • Enjoy exotic soups and then dig into lobsters, crabs, pomfret or prawns, if you favour seafood, for health or other reasons.
    • We inspect live eels, snake fish and frogs at one stall, pomfret, prawns squid and parrot fish at another.
    • The pomfret I had in India is close to impossible to find in the US, so I resolved to use pompano (which is close).
    • Her mom had made lip-smacking fried pomfrets and surmai curry.
    • First the cook would bring a tankard of wonderfully thick, creamy chicken broth, then came the pomfret from Bombay - two pieces.
    • They ordered the usual Hokkien staples - fish maw soup, hokkien mee (real one, the black type), sea cucumber with braised duck, steamed pomfret, and a partridge in a pear tree.
    • The fish in the market is good enough, the usual Indian blue-grey pomfret, giant eel and the area's famous prawns - after all we are not far from the sea - but we can do better.
    • Next is fish, with six choices including garoupa, prawn, salmon and pomfret.
    • If you like seafood, go for the Baked pomfret with gooseberry sauce, or the Cornish buttered lobster, a simple recipe that brings out the full flavour of the lobster.
    • We have to wait for the dry season, when the white pomfret breed.
    • These are followed by eight seafood items and covers salmon, lobster, snow fish, snapper, pomfret and sea bass.
    • We ate good papri chaat and excellent little black hara kebabs made of spinach and green bananas and split peas and a good big tandoori pomfret, but Manpreet was unimpressed by the lifeless paneer pakora and found the chicken drab, too.
    • You can also get pomfret and sardines and prawns and crabs in some unusual dishes, which make good use of masalas of the west coast variety.
    • The dishes varied from grilled prawns and pomfret masala fried fish, part of nearly 60 varieties of food prepared by students of the college.

Origin

Early 18th century: apparently from Portuguese pampo.

 
 

Definition of pomfret in US English:

pomfret

nounˈpəm-
  • A deep-bodied fish of open seas, which typically has scales on the dorsal and anal fins.

    Family Bramidae: several genera and species, including the edible Brama brama of the North Atlantic

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pomfret I had in India is close to impossible to find in the US, so I resolved to use pompano (which is close).
    • If you like seafood, go for the Baked pomfret with gooseberry sauce, or the Cornish buttered lobster, a simple recipe that brings out the full flavour of the lobster.
    • Enjoy exotic soups and then dig into lobsters, crabs, pomfret or prawns, if you favour seafood, for health or other reasons.
    • The fish in the market is good enough, the usual Indian blue-grey pomfret, giant eel and the area's famous prawns - after all we are not far from the sea - but we can do better.
    • Don't expect to get a fried piece of pomfret or seerfish; but the sardines and mackerels fried in coconut oil would be tastier.
    • The white pomfret is the most highly esteemed fish for serving at honorific meals in Malaysia, where the excess of demand over supply makes it expensive.
    • We ate good papri chaat and excellent little black hara kebabs made of spinach and green bananas and split peas and a good big tandoori pomfret, but Manpreet was unimpressed by the lifeless paneer pakora and found the chicken drab, too.
    • The dishes varied from grilled prawns and pomfret masala fried fish, part of nearly 60 varieties of food prepared by students of the college.
    • These are followed by eight seafood items and covers salmon, lobster, snow fish, snapper, pomfret and sea bass.
    • Seer fish steaks and fillets pomfret and mackerel are for the taking.
    • We inspect live eels, snake fish and frogs at one stall, pomfret, prawns squid and parrot fish at another.
    • Nethili, kanava, pomfret, seer, crab, tiger prawn and sand lobster are cooked in Indian, Chinese styles, Kababs, deep-fried and dry-fried, a truly gastronomic delight.
    • Fish on offer include sea bass, grouper, pomfret, butter fish, snow fish, red snapper and tub tim.
    • We have to wait for the dry season, when the white pomfret breed.
    • Her mom had made lip-smacking fried pomfrets and surmai curry.
    • First the cook would bring a tankard of wonderfully thick, creamy chicken broth, then came the pomfret from Bombay - two pieces.
    • I found it strange, though not actively painful, to go four days in Chennai without anything more meaty than a slice of tandooried pomfret.
    • Next is fish, with six choices including garoupa, prawn, salmon and pomfret.
    • You can also get pomfret and sardines and prawns and crabs in some unusual dishes, which make good use of masalas of the west coast variety.
    • They ordered the usual Hokkien staples - fish maw soup, hokkien mee (real one, the black type), sea cucumber with braised duck, steamed pomfret, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Origin

Early 18th century: apparently from Portuguese pampo.

 
 
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