tapioca
tapioca — noun
1. small white grains made from cassava starch, often cooked in sweet dishes or use
small white grains made from cassava starch, often cooked in sweet dishes or used to make fillings and puddings thicker
Sofia cooked tapioca in coconut milk for a cold summer dessert.
cook tapioca in coconut milk
Grandpa stirred tapioca into the pudding until it turned thick and shiny.
stir tapioca into pudding
At the night market, Hao ordered a drink with soft tapioca pearls.
Nkechi added tapioca to the fruit filling so the pie would set.
The children ate warm tapioca with mango after the rain stopped.
- cassava starch
focuses on the raw starch ingredient, especially in cooking, rather than a prepared dessert
- tapioca pearls
more specific; names the small round balls used in drinks and puddings
- sago
often used for a similar dessert ingredient, but technically it comes from a different plant
文法句型
cook tapioca
tapioca pudding
tapioca pearls
add tapioca to + filling
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. It can mean the small pearls used in drinks and desserts or the starch added to fillings and puddings to make them thicker.