vol-au-vent

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vol-au-vent /ˈvɒl əʊ ˌvɒn $ ˌvɒːl oʊ ˈvɑːn/ noun [countable] British English DFFa small round piece of pastry that is filled with chicken, vegetables etc and eaten at parties 〔一种以鸡肉、蔬菜等为馅的〕肉馅油酥饼

Examples from the Corpus

vol-au-vent• They always look attractive and make a very welcome change from vol-au-vents at a party.

vol-au-vent nounChinese

a that small Corpus of pastry round piece

vol-au-vent
vol-au-vent /ˈvɒl əʊ ˌvɒn $ ˌvɒːl oʊ ˈvɑːn/

noun [countable] British English
a small round piece of pastry that is filled with chicken, vegetables etc and eaten at parties

vol-au-vent

BrE

/ˈvɒl ə vɒ̃/

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NAmE

/ˌvɔːl oʊ ˈvɑ̃ː/

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noun

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BrE,

from French

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a small round case of light

pastry

filled with meat, fish, etc. in a cream sauce, often eaten with your fingers at parties 酥皮馅饼（以肉、鱼等加奶油作馅的小圆千层酥）