| 释义 |
pas·ty
I. \ˈpastē, ˈpās-, -ti\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English pastee, paste, pastey, from Middle French pasté, from paste dough — more at paste
: a pie consisting of a meat and vegetable mixture or fruit filling wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste dough and often baked without a dish — see cornish pasty; compare turnover
II. \ˈpāstē, -ti\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: paste (I) + -y
1. : resembling paste (as in color or consistency); especially : pallid and unhealthy in appearance
< his complexion was always pasty, but for the last few nights it had been a chalky white — Agnes S. Turnbull >
2. : sickly
< the pasty little books that circulate from beneath the counter — Curtis Bok > |