omelette

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ome·lette (also omelet American English) /ˈɒmlət $ ˈɑːm-/ noun [countable]  1  DFFeggs mixed together and cooked in hot fat, sometimes with other foods added 煎蛋(卷) a cheese omelette 奶酪煎蛋卷2. you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs DIFFICULTused to say that it is impossible to achieve anything important without causing a few problems 要煎蛋卷就得打破鸡蛋，有失才有得〔指要做大事必会引起一些问题〕

Examples from the Corpus

omelette• For the less adventurous there are always omelettes or chips.• I ate rolls and an omelette and washed them down with coffee.• If I make an omelette of your eggs or a statue out of your block of marble, that is conversion.• Crawfish omelette Cajun omelettes are more like scrambled eggs.• We ate a pair of greasy omelettes at a restaurant overlooking the water, then drove around the edge of the lake.• Suppose that the goal is a mushroom omelette.• Cramped wooden benches, a friendly welcome for regulars and improbably large plates of home-made pies, omelettes, grills and chips.

ome·lette nounChineseSyllable  

hot Corpus other with mixed cooked in sometimes fat, together and eggs

omelette
ome‧lette (also omelet American English) /ˈɒmlət, ˈɒmlɪt $ ˈɑːm-/ noun [countable]1. eggs mixed together and cooked in hot fat, sometimes with other foods added:
    a cheese omelette
2. you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs used to say that it is impossible to achieve anything important without causing a few problems

om·elette (NAmE also om·elet) BrE /ˈɒmlət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːmlət/ 🔊 nouna hot dish of eggs mixed together and fried, often with cheese, meat, vegetables, etc. added 煎蛋卷，摊鸡蛋，鸡蛋饼（常加入奶酪、肉和蔬菜等）◆a cheese and mushroom omelette奶酪、蘑菇蛋饼●you can't make an ˌomelette without breaking ˈeggs(saying) you cannot achieve sth important without causing a few small problems 不打破鸡蛋就做不成蛋饼；不花代价就难成大事