| 释义 |
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: omelette, esp US omelet /ˈɒmlɪt/ n - a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat
Etymology: 17th Century: from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle sword blade, changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin (see lamella); apparently from the flat shape of the omelette om•e•let or om•e•lette /ˈɑmlɪt, ˈɑmə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Foodbeaten eggs cooked until set and often served folded around a filling, as of cheese.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024om•e•let (om′lit, om′ə-),USA pronunciation n. - Foodeggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
Also, om′e•lette. - Latin lāmella. See lamella, -et
- French omelette, earlier amelette, metathetic form of alemette, variant of alemelle literally, thin plate, variant of Old French lemelle
- 1605–15
|