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a [quantifier] of penne
For lunch, I had a large bowl of penne.
午餐我吃了一大碗通心粉。
通心粉；管状面
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
通心粉；管状面
short tube-shaped pasta with diagonally cut ends
For lunch, I had a large bowl of penne.
午餐我吃了一大碗通心粉。
一种短斜切管状意面。
A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
For dinner, I cooked some penne with tomato sauce.
晚餐时，我煮了一些番茄酱通心粉。
This brand of penne is made from durum wheat.
这个品牌的通心粉是用硬粒小麦制成的。
She prefers penne over spaghetti because the tubes hold the sauce better.
她更喜欢通心粉而不是意大利面，因为管状面能更好地裹住酱汁。
For lunch, I had a large bowl of penne.
午餐我吃了一大碗通心粉。
I would like the penne with chicken.
我想要鸡肉通心粉。
Cook the penne until just tender.
把通心粉煮到刚好变软。
Not this
How many pennes do we need?
Use this
How much penne do we need?
penne 是不可数名词（物质名词），没有复数形式，也不能用 many 修饰；应改用 much 或 a lot of，并保持原形 penne。
Not this
I'd like a penne with tomato sauce.
Use this
I'd like some penne with tomato sauce.
penne 为不可数名词，前面不能直接加不定冠词 a（除非指“一份/一种”）；表示“一些”用 some 或省略冠词。
Not this
Penne are my favorite dish.
Use this
Penne is my favorite dish.
penne 虽以 -e 结尾，但在英语中是不可数名词，作主语时谓语动词用单数 is，而不是按意大利语复数理解为 are。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
通心粉意面
Would you like penne pasta or spaghetti with your meal?
你的这餐想配通心粉意面还是意大利细面？
伏特加酱通心粉
She ordered penne alla vodka at the Italian restaurant.
她在意大利餐厅点了伏特加酱通心粉。
辣番茄酱通心粉
My favorite dish on the menu is penne arrabbiata.
菜单上我最喜欢的菜是辣番茄酱通心粉。
烤通心粉
The baked penne was covered in melted cheese.
烤通心粉上铺满了融化的奶酪。
通心粉沙拉
I made a cold penne salad with cherry tomatoes.
我做了一份加了圣女果的凉通心粉沙拉。
拿通心粉换你的想法？
He saw her staring at the menu and joked, “Penne for your thoughts?”
他看到她盯着菜单看，便打趣道：“拿通心粉换你的想法？”
Use penne naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
penne 像斜切的笔管，通心粉的管状面，记住“笔管”就想起它。
语域：neutral 常见场景：菜单、食谱、食品包装 penne 指斜切的短管状意大利面，属于中性词，通常用于菜单、食谱或食品包装等日常场合，不分正式或随意语境。
Penny and pen are spelling lookalikes but do NOT match penne's final /eɪ/: penny is /ˈpɛni/ and pen is /pɛn/. The final /eɪ/ in café /kæˈfeɪ/, nay /neɪ/, may /meɪ/, and ballet /bæˈleɪ/ matches the ending sound of penne (/ˈpɛneɪ/), but penne is stressed on the first syllable, so these are not true rhymes with penne.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.