托福词汇之“蛋挞”用英语怎么说

　　Famous in Taiwan - In an island easily conquered by food fads¹ including Japanese octopus² balls and doughnuts, one of the first items that became hot in demand in Taiwan were Portuguese³ egg tarts⁵. In 1997, the island developed an obsession⁶ with the egg tarts, establishing hundreds of shops selling egg tarts, only to close down in a matter of months after the trend died down.

　　（来源：CNN官网，地址为http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/06/asia/food-frenzy/index.html）

　　其实已经很清楚了，“蛋挞”对应的英文是

　　egg tart⁴

　　它是一个可数名词，复数为egg tarts。其中的“挞”，就是tart的音译，我们常说的“葡式蛋挞”就是Portuguese egg tart。

　　以下资料供大家参考：

　　The egg tart or egg custard tart (commonly romanized as dàn tà (Mandarin), dan that or dan tat) is a kind of custard tart found in Hong Kong, Portugal, England, and various Asian countries, which consists of an outer pastry⁷ crust that is filled with egg custard and baked.

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