latke

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.
    — Her favorite Chanukah memories were of eating latkes and sour cream while her mother gossiped with the aunts and cousins.

词形变化

latkes plural

词源

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”).
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