| 释义 |
taco Chiefly N. Amer.|ˈtɑːkəʊ, ˈtækəʊ|
[a. Mex. Sp.]
a. A Mexican snack comprising a fried, unleavened cornmeal pancake or tortilla filled with seasoned mincemeat, chicken, cheese, beans, etc.
1949Amer. Speech XXIV. 235/2 The touristas almost always eat in a Mexican restaurant and bravely attempt to order their meals in Spanish. Such meals are (1) [tækoz], a mispronunciation of the Spanish word tacos [takos]. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) xiii. 93 We went into a Mexican restaurant and had tacos and mashed pinto beans. 1965Austral. Women's Weekly 20 Jan. 25/1 She would serve up a traditional Mexican dish of unsurpassable excellence, the white meat..rolled up in a delicate crisp pancake, or taco. 1966Listener 4 Aug. 164/2 Tacos..are tortillas rolled round shredded meat or bird and fried in oil. 1971Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 4 July 2/4 Friends in San Diego had introduced us to tortillas and tacos. 1978S. Wilson Dealer's Move vi. 107 Washing the food down with two strong cups of tea and mopping up with South London's answer to tacos, sliced white loaf.
b. attrib., as taco joint, taco sauce, taco stand.
1967Trans-Action Apr. 8/1 Time is alive when and where there is action... During the regular school year it may pick up for an hour in the afternoon when the ‘broads’ leave school and meet with the set at a corner taco joint. 1977Time 28 Nov. 58/1 Some have about as much feeling for a community's sense of itself and its needs as does the imported manager of a franchised taco joint on the highway outside of town.
1976Punch 11 Aug. 227/1, I took to enchilada mix, tortillas, taco sauce, and all those Mexican delicacies. 1977Daily News (Perth, Austral.) 19 Jan. 13 (Advt.), Taco—a crisp tortilla filled with beef, onions, lettuce, taco sauce and cheese.
1969D. MacKenzie Night Boat to Puerto Vedra (1970) 172 A few seamen were at the taco stands... He bought himself a cone of maize flour filled with peppered ground meat. 1979R. L. Simon Peking Duck ii. 18 Jogging behind a gas station and a taco stand to a nondescript stucco gate.
▸ taco salad n. U.S. a salad containing tortilla chips or served in a bowl-shaped fried tortilla, made with lettuce and ingredients similar to those found in a taco, such as ground beef, cheese, and tomatoes.
1964Los Angeles Times 20 Sept. e8/1 (heading) *Taco salad uses lettuce, corn chips. 2005D. Hensrud Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for Everybody 268/2 Chef salad and taco salad are usually high in fat..because of the meat, cheese and other extras—such as the taco salad's deep-fried shell. |