cous·cous
noun/ˈkʊskʊs/, /ˈkuːskuːs/
/ˈkʊskʊs/, /ˈkuːskuːs/
[uncountable]- a type of North African food made from wheat in very small round pieces; a dish of meat and/or vegetables with couscous
（北非的）蒸粗麦粉食物 Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from Arabic kuskus, from kaskasa ‘to pound’, probably from Berber, a language spoken in North Africa.