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词汇 poi
释义 poi
noun
uk /pɔɪ/ us /pɔɪ/

poinoun (FOOD)


[ U ]
a thick, soft food from Hawaiʻi made from the root of a tropical plant that is crushed and then fermented(= changed by the action of bacteria):
We lived off fish, fruit, and poi.
You can pick up a bag of poi from the chilled counter.
They have Hawaiian foods such as poi and saimin in their freezer section.
The traditional Hawaiian dish of poi is made by steaming and pounding the taro root to a pulp.
Poi is a Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste, often allowed to ferment.
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poinoun (BALL)


[ C ]pluralpoi or pois
one of two balls on strings, swung around in a particular shape or rhythm, originally by the Māori people in New Zealand:
Spin the poi in a circle.
Poi balls are swung and hit against each other.
[ U ]
the activity of swinging two balls on strings around in a particular shape or rhythm:
A festival goer was playing poi.
Poi involves spinning weights in various rhythmical and geometric patterns.
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