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hors d’oeuvre

noun
🔊/ˌɔː ˈdɜːv/
🔊/ˌɔːr ˈdɜːrv/
 [countable, uncountable]
(plural hors d’oeuvres
🔊/ˌɔː ˈdɜːv/
🔊/ˌɔːr ˈdɜːrv/
)
(from French)
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  1. a small amount of food, usually cold, served before the main part of a meal开胃小吃；开胃冷盘 compare starterTopics Cooking and eatingc2
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    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘outside the work’.