🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

压面机

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yā miàn jī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pasta maker/ˈpɑː.stə ˌmeɪ.kər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这台压面机操作起来非常简单。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A machine or mechanical device used to roll out and cut dough into various shapes of pasta.

    "She used a manual pasta maker to prepare fresh fettuccine for dinner."
  2. 2

    A person or commercial enterprise that manufactures or produces pasta.

    "The family-owned pasta maker has been supplying local markets with artisanal spaghetti for three generations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'pasta', derived from the Italian and Late Latin word for dough or pastry, ultimately from Greek pastē (barley porridge), and 'maker', from Middle English maken, denoting an agent who creates or manufactures something. It emerged in English as culinary terminology gained popularity alongside the global adoption of Italian gastronomy in the 20th century.

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