🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

Pronunciation / Transliteration:

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tart/tɑːrt/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她端上了一道美味的苹果挞。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A baked dish consisting of a pastry base filled with sweet or savory ingredients.

    "She served a delicious apple tart for dessert."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a sharp taste or flavor; acidic.

    "The tart lemon added a refreshing zing to the dish."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'tart' originates from the Old French 'tarte', which itself comes from the Latin 'torta', meaning 'twisted' or 'cake'. The term evolved in Middle English to refer to a type of pastry, reflecting its culinary roots and the shift in meaning towards a specific dessert form.

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