请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 adobo
释义

adobo

[ uh-doh-boh ]
/ əˈdoʊ boʊ /

noun, plural a·do·bos.

a Filipino dish of pork or chicken stewed in a marinade of vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, herbs, and spices; the national dish of the Philippines: The pork adobo we had in Manila may be the best meal I’ve ever had.
a Latin American dish of meat or fish prepared in a pastelike marinade of chiles, cinnamon and other spices, garlic, herbs, and vinegar: My Mexican brother-in-law makes an awesome adobo with fresh-caught trout.
the concoction of flavorful ingredients in which the meat or fish of adobo is cooked: The adobo for tonight’s chicken features Saigon cinnamon and a homemade cider vinegar.

Origin of adobo

First recorded in 1935–40; from Spanish, literally “marinade, marinated meat, pickle,” from adobar “to marinate, pickle,” probably from Old French adober “to prepare, equip (a knight)”; see daube, dub1

Words nearby adobo

adnominal, adnoun, ado, adobe, adobe flat, adobo, Ado-Ekiti, A dog is a man's best friend, adolescence, adolescent, adolescent medicine
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for adobo

  • Lean turkey meat finds new life in the deep, smoky flavors of chipotle in adobo.

    5 Metabolism Myths Debunked|Sarah Whitman-Salkin|August 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for adobo

adobo
/ (əˈdəʊbəʊ) /

noun plural -bos

the national dish of the Philippines, which consists of chunks of meat, fish, or vegetables, marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and spices and then stewed in the marinade

Word Origin for adobo

C20: from Spanish
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/3 19:17:03