mooncake

n. 月饼

发音

UK /ˈmuːnkeɪk/
其它
US /ˈmunkeɪk/

词形变化

mooncakes 复数 mooncakes

别名

moon-cake moon cake

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October).

    月饼

相关短语

snow skin mooncake 冰皮月饼 snowskin mooncake

词源

From moon + cake, a calque of Mandarin 月餅 /月饼 (yuèbíng, “mooncake”), from 月 (yuè, “moon”) + 餅 /饼 (bíng, “pastry; biscuit, cookie”), probably because the pastry’s traditional round shape resembles the full moon visible during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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