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单词 pasty
释义

pasty

1 of 2

noun

pas·​ty ˈpa-stē How to pronounce pasty (audio)
plural pasties
1
: a meat pie
2
: turnover sense 4

pasty

2 of 2

adjective

ˈpā-stē How to pronounce pasty (audio)
pastier; pastiest
: resembling paste
especially : pallid and unhealthy in appearance
pastiness
ˈpā-stē-nəs How to pronounce pasty (audio)
noun

Synonyms

Adjective

  • ashen
  • ashy
  • blanched
  • cadaverous
  • doughy
  • livid
  • lurid
  • mealy
  • pale
  • paled
  • pallid
  • peaked
  • wan
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Example Sentences

Adjective The mixture has a pasty consistency. She has a pasty complexion. You look a little pasty. Are you feeling OK?
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Just as Henry VIII was immortalized (huge, menacing, thick-necked, pasty-faced and piggy-eyed) by his court painter, Hans Holbein the Younger, might this prove to be a defining image of Elizabeth II half a millennium hence? Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022 Anyone can grab a pasty during a wander through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — but for those who want to try all the best versions, all at once, there is a solution at hand. Jay Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Two pasty shops side by side in the center of Padstow. Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 27 July 2022 The Dough Miner’s classic pasty features skirt steak, along with potatoes, onions, turnips and carrots. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Use cool water to rinse any pasty saliva out of her mouth. Outside Online, 19 July 2021 Transfer the pasty to the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining dough and filling. Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021 Sean Nichols won the pasty-eating contest by eating nearly three Saturday in Calumet. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021 Our thoughts: One of the few alfredo sauces that did not start out as pasty. cleveland, 14 July 2021
Adjective
My flight into Granada terminated at a windswept, arid airport whose women’s room stalls featured photos of the Alhambra’s towers and flowers on their pasty white walls. Maria C. Hunt, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 Mineral sunscreen typically comes in lotion form, and the zinc oxide creates a thick, pasty texture and can leave a white cast (though new brands have mastered the invisible zinc formula, thank goodness). Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Aug. 2022 His newest villain is barely a character, and the eerily pasty Goldmember mostly just feels like an excuse for Myers to don more weird prosthetics. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 July 2022 If your mess is pasty, use a spatula or butter knife to scrape off as much as possible. Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Roderman and his daughter-in-law, Marissa Roderman, are working to fix that oversight — by opening The Dough Miner, a new pasty cafe opening in Salt Lake City’s Maven West district, at 945 S. 300 West, just across the street from T.F. Brewing. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Your complexion tends to grow paler with age, so a matching shade can leave you looking pasty or ashy. April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022 Geekiness is next to godliness for the women, girls, LGBTQ folks and people of color who are joined in the film’s record-collecting cast by — sure — some pasty, middle-aged, Comic Book Guy-looking types. Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022 Because Miles and her pasty team typically arrived at 5:30 in the morning to begin their workday, though, they were long gone by the time guests indulged in their after-dinner desserts. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English pastee, from Anglo-French pasté, from paste dough, paste

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1607, in the meaning defined above

pasty

adjective

as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color she's pasty after a whole winter spent indoors

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pallid
  • pale
  • paled
  • doughy
  • ashy
  • ashen
  • cadaverous
  • wan
  • blanched
  • white
  • sick
  • mealy
  • sallow
  • livid
  • waxy
  • lurid
  • sickly
  • waxen
  • peaked
  • untanned
  • anemic
  • whitened
  • sallowish
  • bloodless
  • whey-faced
  • white-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ruddy
  • red
  • rosy
  • sanguine
  • florid
  • glowing
  • pink
  • rubicund
  • blooming
  • flush
  • flushed
  • full-blooded
  • blushing
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