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spaghetti

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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spa·ghet·ti /spəˈɡeti/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable]  spaghetti.jpg DFFa type of pasta in very long thin pieces, that is cooked in boiling water 意大利粉,意大利面条spaghetti bolognaise British English (=cooked spaghetti served with a meat and tomato sauce) 肉酱意粉4  See picture of 见图 PASTA macaroni, tagliatelle
Examples from the Corpus
spaghettiWell known pastas such as spaghetti and lasagne are still the best-selling products.A night out for her is a church spaghetti supper, not a wine-tasting dinner.Sometimes there is pure chaos: The two lines just fill the cube with colored spaghetti.I picture Victor cooking spaghetti in his bedsitter, and I realize it's happened to him too.But I like spaghetti here, with my salad and vinegar and oil running into it.I also love spaghetti with a simple sauce - pasta's great for weight watchers.Small tin of spaghetti or baked beans in tomato sauce.Sugared spaghetti with glazed meatballs and honeydew spinach.spaghetti bolognaiseBleakly, he sat at the kitchen table eating spaghetti bolognaise out of a tin.A good day's diet is spaghetti bolognaise for tea.Female speaker They'd have to serve her favourite dish which is spaghetti bolognaise.
Origin spaghetti (1800-1900) Italian spago string
spa·ghet·ti nounChineseSyllable
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spaghetti
spaghetti /spəˈɡeti/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Italian
 Origin: spago 'string'

a type of pasta in very long thin pieces, that is cooked in boiling water
    spaghetti bolognaise British English (=cooked spaghetti served with a meat and tomato sauce)
macaroni
, tagliatelle


spa·ghettiBrE /spəˈɡeti/ 🔊NAmE /spəˈɡeti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] pasta in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked 意大利细面条