paste

Word family

paste1 /peɪst/ verb

1 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DSTICK to stick something to something else using glue 〔用糨糊〕粘貼〔某物〕

A notice had been pasted to the door.

一張告示被貼在了門上。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TD to make words that you have removed or copied appear in a new place on a computer screen 〔在計算機屏幕上〕粘貼（詞句） → copy, cut

Data can be pasted into word processing documents.

數據可以粘貼到文字處理文件中。

Examples from the Corpus

paste• The countryside then was so changeless t might have been a picture pasted against the window.• The face itself was disbelieving, the stark pasted brows looped high over his pale eyes.• He pasted it into his socialist scrapbook.• You can make planes out of it, paste it on walls and windows, color it or use it for bookmarks.• Florida State pasted South Carolina 59-0.• Use the special adhesive recommended to hang grasscloth, and paste the paper backing.• And so I am pasted to this leaning morass, observing the simplest of equations.

paste2 noun

1. meat/fish/tomato etc paste DFa soft smooth food, made by crushing meat, fish etc 肉醬/魚醬/番茄醬等

Examples from the Corpus

meat/fish/tomato etc paste• So, for a start, be miserly about tomato paste in meat sauces for pasta.• A world devoid of tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup and tomato paste is hard to visualize.• Add beer, tomatoes, and tomato paste and bring to a boil.• Stir in tomato paste and tarragon.• In a bowl, combine the red pepper, yoghurt, ketchup, tomato paste and Worcester sauce.• Stir in rice, tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste, water, cumin and chiles.• Stir browned onions, molasses, mustard, tomato paste, cloves and cinnamon into beans.• Lacking fresh tomatoes and meat we tried to compensate by piling tomato paste into all our stews and soups and sauces.

2 [countableC, uncountableU]DFDH a soft thick mixture that can easily be shaped or spread 糊狀物；膏

Mix the powder with enough water to make a smooth paste.

把粉末和足夠的水混合調成均勻的糊狀。

3 [countableC, uncountableU]DHSTICK a type of glue that is used for sticking paper onto things 糨糊

wallpaper paste

貼牆紙的糨糊

4. [uncountableU]DCJ pieces of glass that are used in jewellery to look like valuable stones 〔制作人造寶石的〕含鉛玻璃

Examples from the Corpus

paste• Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds.• He made a paste of mud and water.• Apply paste car wax to front of refrigerator and buff to a shine.• With machine running, slowly add oil to form a smooth paste.• Pound the ingredients together into a smooth paste.• Mix the flour in just enough milk to make a smooth paste.• I found the pages devoted to soy pastes and fish sauces particularly useful.• Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring often, until liquid evaporates, leaving a thick paste.• Stir in rice, tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste, water, cumin and chiles.• tomato paste

From Longman Business Dictionary

pastepaste /peɪst/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMPUTING

to make words that you have removed or copied appear in a new place on a computer screen

Data can be pasted into word processing documents.

Origin paste1

(1200-1300) Old French Late Latin pasta

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