pasta

noun
🔊/ˈpæstə/
🔊/ˈpɑːstə/
[uncountable]
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  1. an Italian food made from flour, water and sometimes eggs, formed into different shapes and usually served with a sauce. It is hard when dry and soft when cooked.意大利面食
    • Toss the pasta with the hot sauce.把意大利面和辣椒酱搅拌在一起。
    Topics Fooda2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • dried
    • egg
    verb + pasta
    • boil
    • cook
    • drain
    pasta + noun
    • shapes
    • shells
    • etc.
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘paste’.