entree

英 [ˈɒntreɪ]

美 [ˈɑːntreɪ]

n.  (餐厅里或正式宴会上的)主菜，主菜前的小菜; 入场权; 进入许可; 进入资格

复数：entrees　

TEM8

BNC.44645 / COCA.8922

牛津词典

noun

• （餐厅里或正式宴会上的）主菜，主菜前的小菜
  (in a restaurant or at a formal meal) the main dish of the meal or a dish served before the main course
• 入场权；进入许可；进入资格
  the right or ability to enter a social group or institution

英英释义

noun

• the act of entering
  1. she made a graceful entree into the ballroom
• something that provides access (to get in or get out)
  1. they waited at the entrance to the garden
  2. beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
  Synonym:entranceentrancewayentrywayentry
• the right to enter
  Synonym:accessaccessionadmissionadmittance
• the principal dish of a meal
  Synonym:main course

双语例句

• For Clarissa, the entree is just the beginning.
  对克拉丽莎来说，主菜只是个开头。
• Her wealth and reputation gave her entree into upper-class circles.
  她的财富和声望使她得以进入上层社会。
• Normally, any one entree will combine three to five colors, selected from ingredients that are light green, dark green, red, yellow, white, black, or caramel colored.
  通常情况下，任何一道主菜都包括三到五种颜色。从原料的颜色看，就分为浅绿色、深绿色、红色、黄色、白色、黑色或者焦糖色。
• I have the entree into his house.
  我有权进入他的房子。
• How can we imagine a ready-to-wear schedule without the one-time enfant terrible of French fashion& whose ready-to-wear shows had been among the hottest tickets in fashion week, with editors literally fighting for entree?
  我们怎能想象成衣盛事中不再有这个法国时尚曾经的淘气鬼呢&在这个时装季上，他的成衣秀的入场券最为抢手，时尚编辑们为了入场资格大打出手。
• Please let me take it back. I'll bring you a fresh entree.
  请让我把它拿走，我再给您拿过一份新的。
• Even at a nice restaurant, I still cut costs by ordering an entree and little else.
  即使是在不错的餐馆，我还是会为了省钱，就点份主菜，再稍点点其它的。
• She hopes one day to regain her entree to polite society.
  她希望有朝一日可以重返上流社会。
• Yet, she described her entree into Chinese films as really scary in the beginning.
  然而，她把初入中国电影业时形容成非常恐怖。
• Soup can serve as a great appetizer to a meal, or as an entree.
  汤是一餐的开胃佳品。