[mass noun]maize flour as used in Italian cookery; cornmeal 玉米面粉;麦片 ■a paste or dough made from this flour, which is boiled and typically then fried or baked (先煮后炸或烤的)玉米面糊,玉米面团
语源
late 16th cent.: Italian, from Latin, pearl barley' (a sense of polenta in Old English)