单词 | paste |
释义 | Word Frequency paste 1(peɪst) noun 1. a mixture or material of a soft or malleable consistency, such as toothpaste 2. an adhesive made from water and flour or starch, used esp for joining pieces of paper 3. a preparation of food, such as meat, that has been powdered to a creamy mass, for spreading on bread, crackers, etc 4. any of various sweet doughy confections almond paste 5. dough, esp when prepared with shortening, as for making pastry 6. a. Also called: strass a hard shiny glass used for making imitation gems b. an imitation gem made of this glass 7. the combined ingredients of porcelain See also hard paste, soft paste verb (transitive) 8. (often foll by on or onto) to attach by or as if by using paste we pasted posters onto the wall 9. (usually foll by with) to cover (a surface) with paper, usually attached with an adhesive we pasted the wall with posters Word origin C14: via Old French from Late Latin pasta dough, from Greek pastē barley porridge, from pastos, from passein to sprinkleWord Frequency paste 2(peɪst) verb (transitive) slang to hit, esp with the fists; punch or beat soundly Word origin C19: variant of baste3 |
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