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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈleɪdiˌfɪŋɡɚ/

名詞

ladyfinger (plural ladyfingers)

1. Alternative form of lady's finger.
2. A low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuit roughly shaped like a large finger.

   Alternative form: lady's finger

   Synonyms: boudoir biscuit, savoiardi / savoiardo, (chiefly UK) sponge finger

   Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.

3. A type of small banana.
4. A variety of small firecracker.

   Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.

派生語

• ladyfinger cactus

参考

• ladies' fingers

Further reading

• ladyfingers (biscuits) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia