entrée
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++en·trée /ˈɒntreɪ $ ˈɑːn-/ noun 1 [countable]DF the main dish of a meal, or a dish served before the main course – used in restaurants or on formal occasions 主菜；正餐前的开胃菜〔用于餐馆或正式场合〕 an entrée of roast duck 主菜烤鸭2 [countable, uncountable] formalRIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TO the right or freedom to enter a place or to join a social group 进入权entrée to/into My family name gave me an entrée into upper-class Boston society. 我的姓氏使我得以进入波士顿上流社会。
Examples from the Corpus
entrée• In those days dinners were much longer, and there was always an entrée and a roast.• Pogo's family were very well connected and he had an entrée to every branch of society.• Yet they played an important part in providing an entrée for headhunting to the Boardrooms of Britain.• Kings found many kinds of entrée into local politics.• Each act or entrée is built upon four or five tonalities at the most, often fewer.• This gave her the entrée into many whispering galleries of politics and the drawing-rooms if not the corridors of power.entrée to/into• Pogo's family were very well connected and he had an entrée to every branch of society.• Kings found many kinds of entrée into local politics.• This gave her the entrée into many whispering galleries of politics and the drawing-rooms if not the corridors of power.Origin entrée (1700-1800) French → ENTRYen·trée nounChineseSyllable
the or of a Corpus a main dish meal,
entrée
en‧trée /ˈɒntreɪ $ ˈɑːn-/
noun1. [countable] the main dish of a meal, or a dish served before the main course – used in restaurants or on formal occasions:
an entrée of roast duck
2. [uncountable and countable] formal the right or freedom to enter a place or to join a social group
entrée to/into
My family name gave me an entrée into upper class Boston society.
en‧trée /ˈɒntreɪ $ ˈɑːn-/
noun1. [countable] the main dish of a meal, or a dish served before the main course – used in restaurants or on formal occasions: 2. [uncountable and countable] formal the right or freedom to enter a place or to join a social group
entrée to/into