| 单词 | al dente |
| 释义 | al dente (once / 171295 pages) adj Order your pasta al dente at an Italian restaurant, and it'll be firm when you bite into it. Many people prefer al dente spaghetti to soggy, overcooked noodles. The term al dente is almost always used to talk about food, particularly pasta. Most experienced cooks prepare rigatoni, fettuccine, macaroni, and other kinds of pasta so that it's still al dente when it's served. Al dente is Italian, and literally means "to the tooth," from a Latin root word, dent, or "tooth." WORD FAMILYal dente USAGE EXAMPLESAdd macaroni and cook until just shy of al dente, about 5 minutes. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) If you cook the pasta first, cook it to al dente and add it right before serving the soup. Washington Post(Dec 04, 2016) Boil the pasta to al dente according to the instructions on the packaging. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) adj cooked so as to be firm when eaten Syn hard resisting weight or pressure |
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