tur
tur — noun
1. a wild mountain goat with thick curved horns that lives high in the Caucasus mou
a wild mountain goat with thick curved horns that lives high in the Caucasus mountains
On the steep cliff above the valley, Salma spotted a tur with long curved horns.
countable noun: a tur / a single animal
The tur climbs across loose rock that no other large animal can cross.
Hunters in the Caucasus once chased the tur for its meat and thick warm coat.
Jin photographed a small group of tur, their curved horns sharp against the sky.
Even in cold winters, the tur uses its strong legs to climb and find grass to eat.
用法筆記
Almost always tied to the Caucasus region; readers will mainly meet this word in nature writing, wildlife guides, and travel texts about the mountains there.
2. a small round bean used to make a thick yellow dish that is common in South Asia
a small round bean used to make a thick yellow dish that is common in South Asian cooking
Hari cooked a pot of tur with onions, garlic, and a little salt for dinner.
uncountable: cook / make tur
At the market, Putri bought a bag of dried tur to keep in her kitchen.
collocation: a bag of dried tur
Soaked overnight in water, the small dried tur beans turn soft and cook faster.
Aunt Antonia served a warm bowl of thick yellow tur with soft, buttered bread.
In many homes across India, tur is eaten with rice almost every single day.
- pigeon pea
the standard English name for the same bean
- dal
wider word for many cooked split beans, including tur; not specific to this one
用法筆記
Often written as part of a fixed name such as tur dal; the plain word names the dried bean and the cooked dish made from it.