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semolina

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, Food, dish
sem·o·li·na /ˌseməˈliːnə/ noun [uncountable]  1. DFsmall grains of crushed wheat, used especially in making sweet dishes and pasta 〔尤用于做甜食和意大利面食的〕粗面粉2. DFF British English a sweet dish made with these grains and milk 粗面粉布丁〔用粗面粉和牛奶做的甜食〕
Examples from the Corpus
semolinaMaybe they genuinely like their kind of aural semolina.Add the flour, semolina and currants and stir into the batter with a wooden spoon.At seven-thirty an officer brought in a tray with a bowl of semolina mixed with stewed dry fruit.Cook's notes Cous cous is flour coated grains of semolina, and makes an interesting change from rice or pasta.We nearly always had milk pudding, rice pudding, semolina or some other stodge.Children still sing skipping songs about soggy semolina though I can't remember semolina being served for over twenty years.
Origin semolina (1700-1800) Italian semolino, from semola crushed outer skin of grain
sem·o·li·na nounChineseSyllable
Corpus making wheat, crushed especially dishes sweet grains of used in small


semolina
semolina /ˌseməˈliːnə/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Italian
 Origin: semolino, from semola 'crushed outer skin of grain'
1. small grains of crushed wheat, used especially in making sweet dishes and pasta
2. British English a sweet dish made with these grains and milk


semo·linaBrE /ˌseməˈliːnə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌseməˈliːnə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] large hard grains of wheat used when crushed for making pasta and sweet dishes 麦糁,粗面粉(用以制作意大利面食和甜食)a sweet dish made from semolina and milk, eaten for dessert in Britain and for breakfast in the US 粗面粉布丁