- 1nA2/ˈæpətaɪzər/ · /ˈæpətaɪzə/開胃菜
A small dish eaten at the beginning of a meal, before the main course.
示範例句 · Example
Mei ordered a soup appetizer before her pasta.
逐字美在她的義大利麵之前點了一道湯開胃菜。
「appetizer」是餐桌上「一開始先吃的一小盤」，台灣菜單常寫「開胃菜」或「前菜」。它是可數名詞：an appetizer, two appetizers。核心畫面可以想成「吃飯開頭的一小口」——字裡藏著 appetite（胃口），就像這道菜是來叫醒胃口的。跟 main course 比：appetizer 在前、份量小；main course 才是主菜。英式英語常說 starter，意思幾乎一樣。
常見搭配
order an appetizer
點一道開胃菜
to ask for a small first dish at a restaurant
Zoe ordered an appetizer of spring rolls for the table.
share an appetizer
分享一道開胃菜
to eat one appetizer together with other people
Mei and Leo shared an appetizer of fruit salad.
a fried appetizer
油炸開胃菜
an appetizer cooked in hot oil
Sam asked if the fried appetizers came with sauce.
before the main course
在主菜之前
eaten earlier than the big main dish
We ate a light appetizer before the main course.
appetizer of …
……做成的開胃菜
an appetizer made of a named food
Hana started with an appetizer of tomato soup.
appetizers and dessert
開胃菜和甜點
the small first dishes and the sweet dish at the end
Jamal planned the party menu from appetizers to dessert.
意思相近
starterhors d'oeuvrefirst course
core核心畫面
Picture the small plate that arrives first, while everyone is still settling in — deliberately little, because its job is to wake the appetite rather than fill you. The word is defined by its position at the start of the meal.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
appetizernoun/ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/
- 1
A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
- 2
Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
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