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pastries

/pey-stree/US // ˈpeɪ stri //UK // (ˈpeɪstrɪ) //

糕点,糕饼,糕点类,蛋糕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pas·tries.

    • : a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
    • : any item of food of which such dough forms an essential part, as a pie, tart, or napoleon.

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Examples

  • But they are relishing their pastries with heavy hearts this week, as De Robertis prepares to close its doors for good tomorrow.

  • And then the two of them could trade stories about Jay Z, Chicago and French pastries.

  • America's first president threw lavish pies full of pastries and whiskey for friends and servants alike.

  • A visit to the vibrant Nouilles market for mint tea and North African pastries.

  • And the food was abundant: coffee, juice, and pastries lined the hallways.

  • The dancer was so astonished that she almost upset her pretty pastries, which looked as light and airy and delicious as herself.

  • The best is a light soup, with pearl barley, a cutlet, pastries and jelly; that is the proper midday meal.

  • Pastries and Pies completes this volume, rounding out, as it were, the housewife's understanding of dessert making.

  • Another method is adopted for pastries that are intended to be somewhat flakier and of a little better quality than plain pastry.

  • We ate those pale Nuoro pastries—they were just flaky pastry, good, but with nothing inside but a breath of air.