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单词 shawarma
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Definition of shawarma in English:

shawarma

noun ʃəˈwɔːməSHəˈwärmə
  • (in some Arabic-speaking countries) a doner kebab.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If they were hungry for something other than the normal dining hall fare, they could enjoy chicken and hot bean sauce, shawarmas (a Middle East sandwich made in a pita), or even ice cream from the concessionaires.
    • These include a nice Nigerian guy who sells the best roast chicken around (he did this in Paris as well), a couple of Egyptians and a Tunisian who make great chicken shawarma and a couple of Turkish guys who do the same with beef.
    • For one thing, I remember those shawarmas as if it were yesterday.
    • As well as shawarmas and falafels, it is known for its matabal aubergine dip.
    • He imports spices, fava beans, and fruit nectars from Israel and bakes his own lafah, the Yemenite flatbread that makes his turkey shawarma something special.
    • The beef and chicken shawarma are tender morsels of seasoned meat.
    • At just $3.99, the lentil soup with fresh mint is the cheapest and best thing on a menu packed with traditional Middle Eastern dishes like baba ghanoush and shawarma.
    • By the way, don't forget to add schug (hot sauce) to your shawarma for the ultimate experience!
    • How many could afford to go out routinely for Pad Thai, Japanese sushi, Armenian khorovatz, Ethiopian aleecha, Chorizo Argentino, Lebanese hummus and shawarma, or even a nice, simple blueberry bagel?
    • Vendors with swollen pink faces were selling shawarma on every street.
    • Ten years ago, nightlife in Syria afforded no such pleasures, with no options other than five - star hotels or shawarma stands.
    • People everywhere in the city walk around munching on shawarma, a species of doner kebab: chicken or lamb sliced off a hot rotating cone, wrapped in either pitta or flat Georgia lavash and dipped in spicy yoghurt.
    • With few options open to us, we bought from a street vendor roast chicken shaved from a spit and served on pita bread - shawarma.

Origin

Colloquial Arabic šāwirma, from Turkish çevirme 'sliced meat roasted on a spit' from çevirmek 'turn, rotate'.

 
 

Definition of shawarma in US English:

shawarma

nounSHəˈwärmə
  • Roasted meat, especially when cooked on a revolving spit and shaved for serving in sandwiches.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He imports spices, fava beans, and fruit nectars from Israel and bakes his own lafah, the Yemenite flatbread that makes his turkey shawarma something special.
    • Vendors with swollen pink faces were selling shawarma on every street.
    • The beef and chicken shawarma are tender morsels of seasoned meat.
    • By the way, don't forget to add schug (hot sauce) to your shawarma for the ultimate experience!
    • For one thing, I remember those shawarmas as if it were yesterday.
    • As well as shawarmas and falafels, it is known for its matabal aubergine dip.
    • These include a nice Nigerian guy who sells the best roast chicken around (he did this in Paris as well), a couple of Egyptians and a Tunisian who make great chicken shawarma and a couple of Turkish guys who do the same with beef.
    • People everywhere in the city walk around munching on shawarma, a species of doner kebab: chicken or lamb sliced off a hot rotating cone, wrapped in either pitta or flat Georgia lavash and dipped in spicy yoghurt.
    • Ten years ago, nightlife in Syria afforded no such pleasures, with no options other than five - star hotels or shawarma stands.
    • With few options open to us, we bought from a street vendor roast chicken shaved from a spit and served on pita bread - shawarma.
    • How many could afford to go out routinely for Pad Thai, Japanese sushi, Armenian khorovatz, Ethiopian aleecha, Chorizo Argentino, Lebanese hummus and shawarma, or even a nice, simple blueberry bagel?
    • If they were hungry for something other than the normal dining hall fare, they could enjoy chicken and hot bean sauce, shawarmas (a Middle East sandwich made in a pita), or even ice cream from the concessionaires.
    • At just $3.99, the lentil soup with fresh mint is the cheapest and best thing on a menu packed with traditional Middle Eastern dishes like baba ghanoush and shawarma.

Origin

Colloquial Arabic šāwirma, from Turkish çevirme ‘sliced meat roasted on a spit’ from çevirmek ‘turn, rotate’.

 
 
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