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单词 nigiri
释义

nigiri

[ ni-geer-ee ]
/ nɪˈgɪər i /

noun Japanese Cooking.

cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood.
Sometimes ni·gi·ri-zu·shi [ni-geer-ee-zoo-shee]. /nɪˈgɪər iˈzu ʃi/.
See also sushi.

Origin of nigiri

First recorded in 1945–50; from Japanese nigiri-zushi, literally, “hand-pressed sushi, rolled sushi,” from nigiri “a gripping or grasping, handmade rice ball,” from nigiru “to grip, grasp, roll a lump of rice in the hand” + -zushi, combining form of sushi

Words nearby nigiri

night watch, night watchman, nightwear, nighty, nighty-night, nigiri, nigra, nigrescent, nigrify, nigrities, nigritude
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British Dictionary definitions for nigiri

nigiri
/ (niːˈɡiːriː) /

noun

(in Japanese cuisine) a small oval block of cold rice topped with wasabi and a thin slice of fish, prawn, etc, and sometimes held together by a thin band of seaweed

Word Origin for nigiri

from Japanese, literally: grasp, as the rice is shaped by hand
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