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entree

/ahn-trey/US // ˈɑn treɪ //UK // (ˈɒntreɪ) //

主菜,主食

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dish served as the main course of a meal.
    • : Older Use. a dish served at dinner between the principal courses.
    • : the privilege of entering; access.
    • : a means of obtaining entry: His friendship with an actor's son was his entrée into the theatrical world.
    • : the act of entering; entrance.

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Examples

  • I view this as a possible entrée into disease-modifying therapy.

  • The purchase gave the company entrée into the targeted email marketing business, which again would grow increasingly in importance in 2020 when communicating with customers became crucial during the pandemic.

  • “That gave us a huge entree into manufacturing in London,” says Hulanicki.

  • There could be no more fitting companion for the Acadian chicken stew entree inscribed on a blackboard in the dining room.

  • “He had an entree, and I feel that he was very much embraced by the people that he took pictures of,” Marin Hopper says.

  • Instead of slaving over the sauce just before dinner, you can chat with your guests, or concentrate on the entree.

  • Buckwild, the newest entree in the trailer-trash reality-TV set, rips a page from Jersey Shore.

  • It was agreed that five Adelie penguins or ten Cape pigeons' eggs made a good tasty entree to the monotonous ration.

  • Fritters are served as an entree, a vegetable or a sweet, according to the ingredients used.

  • It is an aristocracy of real merit, entree to which is attained by achievement, not by mere inheritance.

  • "It's a wild-goose chase," he snapped, attacking his entree savagely.

  • Julia began laughing as he appeared at the door, which facilitated his entree.