单词 | dumpling |
释义 | dumpling/ˈdʌmplɪŋ![]() noun 1A small savoury ball of dough (usually made with suet) which may be boiled, fried, or baked in a casserole.Both Chiao and Sharipov have requested a special take-out of dim sum dumplings and fried rice for their Christmas meal....
1.1A pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in a sweet dough and baked.Sweet renditions of bread-like dumplings, filled with fruit and poached in syrup, are also common in these parts....
1.2A small, fat person: he was a 250-pound dumpling...
OriginEarly 17th century: apparently from the rare adjective dump 'of the consistency of dough', although dumpling is recorded much earlier. |
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