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词汇 à la
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Definition of à la in English:

à la

preposition ˈa laˈɑː lɑːˈä lə
  • 1(of a dish) cooked or prepared in a specified way.

    fish cooked à la meunière
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bœuf à la bourguignon, cooked with wine, salt pork, and garnished with mushrooms and small onions, is probably the best known.
    • Patti's Mussels a la Mariniere is reminiscent of dining in an outdoor cafe in the south of France.
    • His personal tastes were simple: he liked potatoes fried with onions, and was partial to poulet à la provençale, washed down with a little Gevrey Chambertin.
    • French apple tart (Tarte de pommes a la Normande) is a marvellous apple tart that can be made in a pie plate or tart pan if you have one.
    1. 1.1informal In the style or manner of.
      afternoon talk shows à la Oprah
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although returning aristocrats tended to favor powdered hair and tight-fitting knee breeches in the old style, most middle-class men wore trousers or pantaloons and kept their hair in a natural style, whether tousled or à la Titus.
      • In one of a series of bald generalizations à la Malamuth.
      • Rachel made her way to the arms of her beau-in-waiting, who was dressed to the nines in Scottish garb - kilt and all, à la Sean Connery.
      • But it was not a restoration à la Ferdinand VII: absolutism was consigned to history and real power was vested in the Prime Minister, Cánovas.
      • By November 1964 the name of the game was no longer whether to expand the war à la Rostow, but how to do so.
      • Nietzsche's understanding of nihilism has to be set in the Russian context alluded to in Chapter 2 with Dostoevsky - what he called ‘nihilism à la Petersburg’.
      • Grover also claims that truth is not a substantive or naturalistic property, but this claim is compatible with truth being an insubstantial or nonnaturalistic property (also à la Horwich).
      • To rewrite, à la Pierre Menard, Almodovar's latest dedication, these words would go out to my untold charises and charites, my poets, my image-makers, my melody-weavers; to the one who entered eternity with me, to my son.
      • Or maybe even a witty pun à la the early Schwarzenegger films…
      • Or is some new, unexpected historical subject, à la Hardt and Negri, slouching toward the supercity?
      • His main suggestion was that the Sun should think about introducing a visually-led features page across its centre pages, à la the Avenue pages which featured in the Post.
      • Chicken a la Good.

Origin

French, from à la mode.

Definition of à la in US English:

à la

prepositionˈä lə
  • 1(of a dish) cooked or prepared in a specified style or manner.

    fish cooked à la meunière
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bœuf à la bourguignon, cooked with wine, salt pork, and garnished with mushrooms and small onions, is probably the best known.
    • His personal tastes were simple: he liked potatoes fried with onions, and was partial to poulet à la provençale, washed down with a little Gevrey Chambertin.
    • French apple tart (Tarte de pommes a la Normande) is a marvellous apple tart that can be made in a pie plate or tart pan if you have one.
    • Patti's Mussels a la Mariniere is reminiscent of dining in an outdoor cafe in the south of France.
    1. 1.1informal In the style or manner of.
      afternoon talk shows à la Oprah
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rachel made her way to the arms of her beau-in-waiting, who was dressed to the nines in Scottish garb - kilt and all, à la Sean Connery.
      • Or maybe even a witty pun à la the early Schwarzenegger films…
      • By November 1964 the name of the game was no longer whether to expand the war à la Rostow, but how to do so.
      • To rewrite, à la Pierre Menard, Almodovar's latest dedication, these words would go out to my untold charises and charites, my poets, my image-makers, my melody-weavers; to the one who entered eternity with me, to my son.
      • In one of a series of bald generalizations à la Malamuth.
      • Or is some new, unexpected historical subject, à la Hardt and Negri, slouching toward the supercity?
      • His main suggestion was that the Sun should think about introducing a visually-led features page across its centre pages, à la the Avenue pages which featured in the Post.
      • Although returning aristocrats tended to favor powdered hair and tight-fitting knee breeches in the old style, most middle-class men wore trousers or pantaloons and kept their hair in a natural style, whether tousled or à la Titus.
      • Grover also claims that truth is not a substantive or naturalistic property, but this claim is compatible with truth being an insubstantial or nonnaturalistic property (also à la Horwich).
      • Nietzsche's understanding of nihilism has to be set in the Russian context alluded to in Chapter 2 with Dostoevsky - what he called ‘nihilism à la Petersburg’.
      • But it was not a restoration à la Ferdinand VII: absolutism was consigned to history and real power was vested in the Prime Minister, Cánovas.
      • Chicken a la Good.

Origin

French, from à la mode.

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