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appetizer

/ap-i-tahy-zer/US // ˈæp ɪˌtaɪ zər //UK // (ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə) //

开胃菜,开胃小菜,开胃酒,开胃食品

Related Words

cocktail鸡尾酒会,鸡尾酒,鸡尾酒会上tidbit趣闻,趣闻轶事,趣闻趣事,趣闻杂谈taste味道,品味,口味,味觉sample样本spread扩散,传播,蔓延,铺开dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取relish津津乐道,津津有味,津津乐道的aperitif开胃酒,开胃菜antipasto反胃菜,反式脂肪finger food指尖上的食物,指尖食物,指尖的食物,指食munchies小吃,零食,小食,小吃店hors d'oeuvre开胃菜,开胃小菜,开胃酒,开胃小吃

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small portion of a food or drink served before or at the beginning of a meal to stimulate the desire to eat.
    • : any small portion that stimulates a desire for more or that indicates more is to follow: The first game was an appetizer to a great football season.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsnack before meal
Forms: appetizers
Synonyms
cocktail鸡尾酒会,鸡尾酒,鸡尾酒会上antipasto反胃菜,反式脂肪aperitif开胃酒,开胃菜dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取relish津津乐道,津津有味,津津乐道的sample样本spread扩散,传播,蔓延,铺开taste味道,品味,口味,味觉tidbit趣闻,趣闻轶事,趣闻趣事,趣闻杂谈canapéfinger food指尖上的食物,指尖食物,指尖的食物,指食hors d'oeuvre开胃菜,开胃小菜,开胃酒,开胃小吃munchies小吃,零食,小食,小吃店

Examples

  • Subtle and delicious, this wine is great by itself, but it also benefits from lighter seafood dishes or salty appetizers.

  • My initial inclination, partly to support struggling dining establishments, was to suggest she and like-minded customers opt instead for a light appetizer or two.

  • Embrace appetizersAt home, we usually reserve appetizers for holidays, but having a li’l somethin’ before the main meal is an easy way to upgrade any weeknight dinner.

  • The appetizers run good-to-great, but when I think about going back, it’s for charred cabbage layered with shaved pineapple.

  • Here, that swoon-worthy oreganata topping graduates from appetizer to main course as the highlight of a quick sheet-pan dinner.

  • We were barely into the appetizer when he asked a fairly basic question—where did my family live?

  • Picking at an appetizer veggie platter is a good option as well.

  • And that was just the appetizer portion of what was served up at CPAC.

  • A senior regime official warned several days ago: “What you are seeing is the appetizer: the main course is yet to come.”

  • And he can tell them this deal is a mere appetizer for the huge cuts to come in 2013, when Republicans occupy the White House.

  • "No, that would only serve as an appetizer," answered David.

  • Having worked all day and perhaps having walked home, the Parisian saves a half hour before dinner for his appetizer.

  • As an appetizer the toasted cheese on toasted bread was excellent, but the supper—if she had only let him get it.

  • In fact, no better appetizer to serve at the beginning of a meal can be found.

  • They are served either hot or cold as an appetizer or as a first course for lunch or dinner.

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