entrée

noun
🔊/ˈɒntreɪ/
🔊/ˈɑːntreɪ/
(from French)
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  1. [countable] (North American English) (in a restaurant) the main dish of a meal(餐厅里或正式宴会上的)主菜,前菜Topics Cooking and eatingc2
  2. (British English) a dish served between the first and main courses at a formal dinnerTopics Cooking and eatingc2
  3. [uncountable, countable] entrée (into/to something) (formal) the right or ability to enter a social group or institution入场权;进入许可;进入资格
    • Her wealth and reputation gave her an entrée into upper-class circles.她的财富和声誉使她进入了上流社会。