pasta 主要指通心粉及麵條；spaghetti 是指意大利細麵條;造型有時很有趣,bowtie macaroni叫做蝴蝶結通心粉.
Pasta:
made of wheat flour,eggs,and water,often formed into shapes and dried and used in a variety of recipes after being boiled.A prepared dish containing pasta as its main ingredient.
義大利麵制品：
由小麥面、雞蛋和水做成的面糊或麵團,通常加工成一些形狀並烘幹,做熟後可用於種種烹飪 ,
以義大利麵制品為主要配料的菜 .
附加：
pasta 義大利麵統稱
spaghetti 義大利麵條
angel’s hair意大利細麵條
macaroni 空心面
奶油培根寬面 Fettuccine Carbonara
奶油蘑菇雞面叫做Spaghetti with Chicken Mushrooms
紅酒菌肝面就是Spaghetti with Chicken Livers
蒜香墨魚義大利麵Spaghetti with Squids Sauce
肉汁意粉spaghetti with meat sauce
簡介：
Spaghetti is a long,thin form of pasta.It is versatile,popular,and available throughout the Western world.Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto,which is a diminutive of spago,meaning “thin string” or “twine”.The word spaghetti can be literally translated as “little strings.”
eg.
1．I’d like to have some spaghetti．可指的並不一定非要吃那種細的實心的麵條,而是指各種各樣的義大利麵條．
2．I’d like to have some noodle.是指日本面或者是中國的麵條．
意大利是歐洲第一個吃面食的國家.十三世紀時馬可波羅從中國傳去制面食方法後,大受歡迎,特別是實心意粉spaghetti,以其容易烹調,可以配上各種佐料,很快就風行全國.不過那時沒有刀叉可用,因此吃的都是無湯汁的實心意粉,便於用手抓送入口.
很是受用！;p