1. 1麵條(口語也說「麵」;速食的叫「泡麵」,中國大陸常說「方便面」)

    A noodle is a long, thin strip of food that you cook in hot water or in soup. The everyday kind is made from flour and water; some kinds also use egg. In British English, noodles often means the long strips you meet in East and Southeast Asian food — a bowl of ramen, pho, or Taiwan beef noodle soup — while pasta is the usual word for Italian shapes. Though actually, the tidy picture “flour, water, and eggs” is tidier than the kitchen: a lot of noodles have no egg at all, and rice noodles are made from rice, not wheat. American English is looser, and people there often call spaghetti noodles too. The word is ordinary food talk, not fancy. (A different, informal noodle means your head — “use your noodle” — and that is probably a different history, not the food.)

From the word’s history

From Dutch noedel or German Nudel; further origin uncertain, probably a variant of Knödel 'dumpling'.

借自荷蘭文或德文 Nudel;再往前有一說是 Knödel「丸子」的變體。

Wiktionary

組成Borrowed from Dutch noedel or German Nudel (a piece of pasta). Further back it is uncertain; it is probably a variant of German Knödel (dumpling).

原始詞典資料24 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

noodlenoun詞源 1[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

    • She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.
    • She is cooking noodles for dinner.
  • 2

    An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).

  • 3

    archaicA dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.

  • 4

    slangThe penis.

  • 5

    slanglifestyleA long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.

  • 6

    A borzoi dog.

noodlenoun詞源 2[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    datedinformalA person with poor judgment; a fool.

    • Laura told me the names of all the actors and actreſſes as they preſented themſelves; and, not contented vvith this, the ſatyrical baggage deſcrib'd their characters nicely, as they appeared. "This here (ſaid ſhe) is a noodle—That fellovv is a brute:[…]."
    • You vvrong me, noodle (boxes his ears). Novv then to the point.
  • 2

    slanginformalThe brain; the head.

    • [W]hat appears to at first glance to be a thinking problem can be a problem with sight or hearing. […] There's nothing wrong with your noodle; it's your sensory equipment that needs a bit of help. Learn to compensate.

noodleverb詞源 2[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    obsoleteinformalTo fool or trick (someone).

  • 2

    dialectalinformalTo engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.

noodleverb詞源 3[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    informalTo hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.

noodleverb詞源 4[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    informalTo play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.

  • 2

    informalTo ponder or think about (something).

    • “Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
  • 3

    informalTo play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.

    • He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
    • [A]udible here and there / in the half-dark, members of an avian orchestra / are already softly noodling, limbering up for / an overture at sunrise, […]
  • 4

    informalTo ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.

    • He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
  • 5

    informalTo attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.

    • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
  • 6

    informalOften followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.

noodlenoun詞源 4[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    informalAn improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.

noodleverb詞源 5[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    informalTo search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.

  • 2

    informalTo obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.

  • 3

    informalTo clear extraneous material from (an opal).

  • 4

    informalTo search mullock for opals; to fossick.

    • On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps […]
    • In Coober Pedy, noodling for opals is generally discouraged, although a few tourist spots, such as the Old Timers Mine, have noodle pits open to the public.

noodleverb詞源 6[ˈnuː.dl̩]

  • 1

    informalfishinghobbieslifestyleTo catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.

    • Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling flathead in the river.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • pool noodle

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