這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 糊糊的、黏稠的 · 餡餅(手拿的烤派)

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pasty

adjective

唸法不同同樣的拼法,這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ˈpeɪsti/

核心畫面

Hold a bowl of paste in mind: thick, soft, sticky, and a flat dull white with no shine in it. Both uses of the adjective point back to that bowl — one at how it feels, one at how it looks.

先想著一碗糊:稠稠的、軟軟的、黏黏的,顏色是一種沒有光澤的死白。形容詞的兩個用法都指回這碗糊。一個取它摸起來的感覺,更多收起先想著一碗糊:稠稠的、軟軟的、黏黏的,顏色是一種沒有光澤的死白。形容詞的兩個用法都指回這碗糊。一個取它摸起來的感覺,一個取它看起來的顏色。

From the word’s history

The source gives this adjective as paste plus the adjectival suffix -y, so the word says no more than paste-like. Which part of paste you mean — the stickiness or the colour — is what separates the two senses.

資料說這個形容詞就是 paste 加上形容詞字尾 -y。所以字面上它只說了「像糊一樣」。到底像的是黏稠還是顏色,就分出了兩個意思。

Wiktionary 'pasty' (adj), etymology 1: From paste + -y (adjectival suffix) (packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:501938132)

One branch

像糊一樣

兩個意思都從這碗糊出發,只是各取了它的一個面向。

adjective · C1

Thick, soft and sticky, like paste; often said of food that has become heavy and gluey instead of light.

糊糊的、黏稠的

A second word, same spelling

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pasty

noun

唸法不同同樣的拼法,這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ˈpæsti/

核心畫面

A different picture altogether: a round of pastry with dinner laid on one half, folded over, pressed shut along the curve, and baked. A whole meal that carries itself, needing no plate and no fork.

這是完全另一張圖:一片圓圓的派皮,一半放上今天的餡,對折,沿著弧線把邊捏緊,送進烤箱。可以想成一頓自己帶著包裝的飯—更多收起這是完全另一張圖:一片圓圓的派皮,一半放上今天的餡,對折,沿著弧線把邊捏緊,送進烤箱。可以想成一頓自己帶著包裝的飯——不需要盤子,也不需要叉子。

From the word’s history

The source takes the noun back to Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté, and calls it a doublet of patty. The line runs through the dough, not through the filling.

資料把這個名詞追到中古英語 paste,再往前是盎格魯諾曼語 paste 和古法語 pasté,並說它和 patty 是同源雙生字。這條線走的是「麵皮」,不是裡面的餡。

Wiktionary 'pasty' (noun), etymology 2: From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté; doublet of patty (packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:501947986)