mochi
noun uk/ˈməʊ.tʃi/ us/ˈmoʊ.tʃi/
[ U ](日本)糯米
a type of rice used in Japanese cooking, which is sweet with short, rounded seeds that stick together when cooked
Cooked mochi is more sticky than conventional Japanese rice. 煮熟的糯米比一般的日本米更粘稠。
[ C ] plural mochi糯米团,麻糬
a soft Japanese cake made from mochi rice
They were served rice cakes called mochi in a mushroom-based soup. 给他们上的是蘑菇汤底麻糬,麻糬是一种糯米团。
- More examples
- She went to Whole Foods to buy herself some mochi.
- He received an unexpected holiday meal of mochi, the specially prepared rice eaten by all Japanese at that season.
- Dozens of people stood in line to taste sweet mochi, or rice cakes freshly made by pounding the cooked rice.