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pot pie

/pot-pahy, -pahy/US // ˈpɒtˌpaɪ, -ˈpaɪ //

锅饼,锅巴派,锅巴饼,锅巴

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
    • : a stew, as of chicken or veal, with dumplings, biscuits, or the like.

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Examples

  • The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season liberally with salt.

  • Set a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water, making sure that the bowl does not touch the surface of the water.

  • Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.

  • Not enough black films are being made to warrant a piece of the pie.

  • A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

  • And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!

  • Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.

  • Gunn touched the brim of his soft felt hat, which he wore turned down all round apparently in imitation of a flower-pot.

  • The pot goeth so long to the water til at length it commeth broken home.