Word · Frequency #8118
pasta
意大利面；意面
Dough made from flour, water, and sometimes egg, formed into various shapes, usually sold dried and boiled before eating.
- 1.
Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
用小麦和水制成的面团,有时加蛋,制成各种形状；常以干制形式出售,通常煮食。
- 2.
A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).
复制粘贴的文本块,用作故事或网络迷因
- 3.
a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
以意大利面为主要原料的菜肴
- 4.
A dish or serving of pasta.
一道意大利面食或一份意大利面食
- 5.
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
用面粉和水(有时加鸡蛋)制成的成型干面团
- 6.
A type of pasta.
一种意大利面食
意大利面菜肴；一份意大利面；一种意大利面；意面的品种；复制粘贴的梗；网络迷因文本；用小麦和水制成的面团,有时加蛋,制成各种形状；常以干制形式出售,通常煮食。；复制粘贴的文本块,用作故事或网络迷因
In use
For dinner, I boiled some pasta and mixed it with tomato sauce.
This Italian restaurant offers more than ten different pastas.
She prefers fresh pasta to the dried kind because the texture is better.
eat/cook/make pasta
pasta 作为不可数名词，泛指意大利面。注意：除非指一种，否则不说 'a pasta'。
I like to eat pasta with tomato sauce.
我喜欢吃带番茄酱的意大利面。
a [adjective] pasta
当 pasta 指一种特定类型的意大利面时，可用作可数名词。
This is a very tasty pasta.
这是一种很好吃的意大利面。
a type/kind of pasta
表示种类时常用 'a type of pasta'，pasta 仍为不可数。
Connections
Collocations
- cook pasta
- 煮意大利面
- I need to cook the pasta for ten minutes.我需要煮意大利面十分钟。
- serve pasta
- 上意大利面
- The restaurant serves pasta with homemade sauce.这家餐厅供应自制酱汁的意大利面。
- pasta dish
- 意大利面菜肴
- Spaghetti carbonara is my favorite pasta dish.意大利面碳烤奶油面是我最喜欢的意大利面菜肴。
- pasta sauce
- 意大利面酱
- You can make a simple pasta sauce with tomatoes and basil.你可以用番茄和罗勒做简单的意大利面酱。
- fresh pasta
- 新鲜意大利面
- Fresh pasta cooks much faster than dried pasta.新鲜意大利面比干意大利面煮得快得多。
- al dente pasta
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pasta：怕死他？不，是美味意大利面！
Context & Register
通常指意大利面食（常见于餐饮和家庭烹饪，中性语气）；医学上指糊剂、泥膏剂（专业术语，少用）。
Grammar Note
指意大利面食统称时不可数（如 a plate of pasta）；表示种类或一份意大利面时可数，复数形式为 pastas。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling chunk 'ast', but none rhyme with 'pasta' (/pɑstə/). The vowel in 'pasta' is the open back unrounded /ɑ/ as in 'father', while these words use either /æ/ (short a) or /eɪ/ (long a). Be careful not to confuse the spelling patterns.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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