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paste

noun
🔊/peɪst/
🔊/peɪst/
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  1. [singular] a soft wet mixture, usually made of a powder and a liquid面糊
    • She mixed the flour and water to a smooth paste.她把面粉和水和成细滑的面糊。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • stiff
    • thick
    • smooth
    • …
    verb + paste
    • make
    • make up
    • mix
    • …
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  2. [countable] (especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词) a smooth, soft mixture of meat, fish, etc. that is spread on bread or used in cooking肉（或鱼等）酱（作涂抹料或烹饪用）
    • meat/fish/tomato paste肉/鱼/番茄酱
    Topics Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • stiff
    • thick
    • smooth
    • …
    verb + paste
    • make
    • make up
    • mix
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] a type of glue that is used for sticking paper to things糨糊
    • wallpaper paste贴壁纸的糨糊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • stiff
    • thick
    • smooth
    • …
    verb + paste
    • make
    • make up
    • mix
    • …
    See full entry
  4. [uncountable] a substance like glass, that is used for making artificial jewels, for example diamonds （制作人造宝石的）铅质玻璃
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pasta ‘medicinal preparation in the shape of a small square’, probably from Greek pastē, (plural) pasta ‘barley porridge’, from pastos ‘sprinkled’.

paste

verb
🔊/peɪst/
🔊/peɪst/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they paste
🔊/peɪst/
🔊/peɪst/
he / she / it pastes
🔊/peɪsts/
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past simple pasted
🔊/ˈpeɪstɪd/
🔊/ˈpeɪstɪd/
past participle pasted
🔊/ˈpeɪstɪd/
🔊/ˈpeɪstɪd/
-ing form pasting
🔊/ˈpeɪstɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpeɪstɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] paste something + adv./prep. to stick something to something else using glue or paste粘贴；粘合
    • He pasted the pictures into his scrapbook.他把画片贴到他的剪贴簿里。🔊🔊
    • Paste the two pieces together.把这两片粘在一起。🔊🔊
    • Paste down the edges.把边缘贴合起来。🔊🔊
    • There were posters pasted on the walls.墙上贴着海报。
  2. [transitive] paste something to make something by sticking pieces of paper together拼贴
    • The children were busy cutting and pasting paper hats.孩子们忙着剪裁和粘贴纸帽子。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive, intransitive] paste (something) (computing计算机) to copy or move text into a document from another place or another document粘贴；贴入；插入
    • This function allows you to cut and paste text.本功能可使你剪切并粘贴文本。🔊🔊
    • It's quicker to copy and paste than to retype.复制和粘贴比重新键入更快。
    Topics Computersc1
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pasta ‘medicinal preparation in the shape of a small square’, probably from Greek pastē, (plural) pasta ‘barley porridge’, from pastos ‘sprinkled’.