chow mein

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood. countable,uncountable
    — I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein.
  2. A person from Northeast India. India,countable,offensive,slang
    — Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.

词形变化

chow meins plural chaomian alternative chau min alternative

词源

Borrowed from Taishanese 炒麵/炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fry noodles”).
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