samosa

IPA/səˈməʊsə/
KK[səmˈosə]IPA/səˈməʊsə/

samosa — 名詞

  • samosasingular
  • samosasplural

1. a fried, triangular pastry from South Asia, with a savoury filling such as spice

1.名詞B1
釋義

咖哩餃

南亞式三角炸餡餅

a fried, triangular pastry from South Asia, with a savoury filling such as spiced potatoes, peas, or minced meat.

例句

Ayesha served a plate of crispy samosas with mint chutney at the party.

Ayesha 在派對上端出了一盤酥脆的咖哩餃，附上薄荷醬。

collocation: crispy samosas / plate of samosas

The stall on Park Road sells vegetable samosas for one pound fifty each.

公園路上的攤位每個蔬菜咖哩餃賣 1.50 英鎊。

常見搭配
  • vegetable samosa
  • chicken samosa
  • lamb samosa
  • crispy samosa
  • hot samosa
  • deep-fried samosa
  • plate of samosas
  • samosa with chutney
  • samosa filling
  • samosa pastry
同義詞
  • turnover

    broader category; a turnover can be sweet or savoury, baked or fried, and is not specific to South Asian cuisine

  • empanada

    similar fried or baked filled pastry from Spanish and Latin American cuisines, typically larger and semicircular

  • spring roll

    different in shape (cylindrical) and wrapper (thin rice or wheat paper); can be fresh or fried

用法筆記

Countable noun — a samosa / two samosas. Often used in the plural when referring to the dish in general ('We had samosas for lunch'). Common in Indian restaurant menus and South Asian street-food contexts worldwide.

常見錯誤

I ate a spring roll filled with potatoes and spices.' (when referring to a samosa)
I ate a samosa filled with potatoes and spices.
spring rolls are wrapped in thin rice or wheat wrappers and may be fresh or fried; samosas use a thicker pastry folded into triangles and are always fried.

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常用片語

  • plate of samosas
  • samosa with chutney
  • samosa and chai
  • order of samosas