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    mangetout

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Food
    mange·tout /ˌmɒnʒˈtuː $ ˌmɑːnʒ-/ noun [countable] British English  DFa long flat green vegetable whose outer part is eaten as well as the seeds 嫩豌豆，糖荚豌豆〔一种荚和豆均可吃的豌豆〕 SYN American English snow pea →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable1
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    mangetout• Place a nest of bamboo shoots and mangetout in the centre of each plate.• Melt the remaining butter in a wide-bottomed pan, add the bamboo shoots, mangetout and seasoning.• Pour sauce over potatoes and morels inside their mangetout border.    Origin mangetout (1800-1900) French “eat-all”
    mange·tout nounChineseSyllable
    whose long outer flat part Corpus vegetable green a


    mangetout
    mange‧tout /ˌmɒnʒˈtuː $ ˌmɑːnʒ-/ noun [countable] British English
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: French
     Origin: 'eat-all'
    a long flat green vegetable whose outer part is eaten as well as the seeds
       SYN  snow pea American English


    mange·toutBrE /ˌmɑːnʒˈtuː/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːnʒˈtuː/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˈsnow pea) noun [usually plural] a type of very small pea that grows in long, flat green pods that are cooked and eaten whole 荷兰豆