al dente

[æl'den.tei]

adj. 咬起来硬的, 咬劲十足的

例句与用法：

Al causes operated to bring about the war.

那场战争的起因有几个。

I don't want to go into particulars about the meeting now, I'll tell you al the details later.

现在我不想详细谈(有关会议的情况), 以后我会告诉你全部细节。

The concert included works by Mozart et al.

音乐会上演奏莫扎特等人的作品。

Herewith we have pleasure in hand you an indent for immediate shipment of100 bales of al merino wool.

兹寄上本公司的订单，请立即发运100包一等品美利奴羊毛。

详细释义：

ph.

【意】(食物)有嚼劲的

pasta al dente

有嚼劲的意大利面食