flan

noun
🔊/flæn/
🔊/flæn/, 🔊/flɑːn/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. (especially British English) an open pie made of pastry or cake filled with eggs and cheese, fruit, etc.(蛋糊)果馅饼
    • a mushroom/strawberry flan蘑菇/草莓馅饼
    • Have some more flan.再吃一点果馅饼。🔊🔊
    compare quiche, tartTopics Foodc2
  2. (North American English)
    (British English crème caramel)
    a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) made from milk, eggs and sugar焦糖蛋奶(冷甜食)Topics Foodc2
  3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French (originally denoting a round cake) from Old French flaon, from medieval Latin flado, fladon-, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlade ‘custard’.