a Japanese dish consisting of pieces of vegetables or fish that have been fried in batter (= a mixture of flour, egg and water) 天妇罗(日本食品,蔬菜或鱼裹面浆油炸而成) Oxford Collocations DictionaryTempura is used before these nouns:- baton
Word OriginJapanese, probably from Portuguese tempêro ‘seasoning’.