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salami

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sa·la·mi /səˈlɑːmi/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DFa large sausage with a strong taste that is eaten cold 萨拉米香肠
Examples from the Corpus
salamiFirst I bought a loaf of bread and salami and made myself ten sandwiches to cross the country on.I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.It's high quality stuff and his salami and his wild boar sausages are known all over Tuscany.Lunch was a collation of local salami, black olives, spring onions and dark soft rye-bread.Any thinly sliced salami works well, also cold roast meat with garlic and chilli sauce.Anne: Coffee and an apple and some salami for supper.
Origin salami (1800-1900) Italian salare to add salt to, from sale salt
sa·la·mi nounChineseSyllable
Corpus large sausage a taste strong a with


salami
salami /səˈlɑːmi/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Italian
 Origin: salare 'to add salt to', from sale 'salt'
a large sausage with a strong taste that is eaten cold


sa·lamiBrE /səˈlɑːmi/ 🔊NAmE /səˈlɑːmi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (
plural
sa·lamis
)
a type of large spicy sausage served cold in thin slices 萨拉米香肠(味浓,多切片冷食)