1. 1nB1/kʊrˈʒet/ · /kʊəˈʒet/櫛瓜

    a long vegetable with smooth dark green skin and pale soft flesh inside, which people cook before eating it.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mum sliced a courgette and fried it with a little garlic for dinner.

    逐字媽媽切了一條櫛瓜,然後用一點蒜頭把它炒了當晚餐。

    courgette 是一種長條形的蔬菜,外皮深綠光滑,裡面白白軟軟的,台灣的超市多寫「櫛瓜」,有時寫「夏南瓜」。它跟 cucumber(小黃瓜)長得很像,最大的差別在吃法:cucumber 常常直接生吃或做沙拉,courgette 幾乎都是煮過、炒過或烤過才吃。另外 courgette 是英式英語,美式英語同一種菜叫 zucchini,兩個字指的是同一樣東西。

    常見搭配

    • add the courgettes

      把櫛瓜加進去(下鍋)

      to put the courgettes into the pan while cooking

      Melt the butter in a pan, then add the courgettes and onion.

    • slice a courgette

      把櫛瓜切片

      to cut a courgette into flat round or long pieces

      Sam sliced a courgette and put the pieces on top of the pizza.

    • grate a courgette

      把櫛瓜刨成細絲

      to rub a courgette against a grater to make thin strips

      Grate a courgette into the batter to make the cake soft.

    • fry the courgettes

      炒/煎櫛瓜

      to cook courgettes in hot oil or butter

      Fry the courgettes gently for four minutes.

    • grow courgettes

      種櫛瓜

      to plant courgettes and look after them until you can pick them

      My grandpa grows courgettes and tomatoes in his garden.

    • courgette soup

      櫛瓜湯

      soup made mainly from courgettes

      The green courgette soup was warm and creamy.

    意思相近

    zucchinibaby marrow

core核心畫面

A single, concrete thing: a long green summer vegetable, smooth dark skin outside and pale soft flesh inside, cooked rather than eaten raw. One meaning only — the thing on the chopping board.

可以想成砧板上那根東西本身:細長、外皮深綠光滑,切開裡面是淡色軟肉,通常下鍋煮過才吃。這個字只有這一個意思,沒有引申、沒有比喻——認得那樣蔬菜就等於認得這個字。

複數 courgettes

意思相近

zucchinibaby marrow

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。

courgettenoun/kʊɚˈʒɛt/

  • 1

    A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleThe edible fruit of this marrow/squash.

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