喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ɜːrb/ · /hɜːb/香草；藥草

    A small plant whose leaves or seeds are used to give food a better taste, or to make medicine.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei sprinkled chopped fresh herbs over the noodles just before she served them.

    逐字美在她端上麵之前，把切碎的新鮮香草灑在麵的上面。

    英文的 herb 是「小小的、拿來用的植物」——用它的葉子或種子，一邊是放進菜裡提味，一邊是拿來做藥。中文分成「香草」和「藥草」兩個詞，英文卻只用 herb 一個字，靠前面的形容詞說明是哪一邊：fresh herbs 多半在講調味，medicinal herbs 是入藥的那種。herb 跟 spice 很容易搞混：herb 多半是植物的葉子，常常是綠色、可以新鮮使用，像羅勒、薄荷、迷迭香；spice（香料）多半來自種子、果實或樹皮，通常是乾的粉或顆粒，像胡椒、肉桂。

    常見搭配

    • fresh herbs

      新鮮香草

      herbs that have just been picked, not dried

      Serve the fish warm with a few fresh herbs on top.

    • chopped herbs

      切碎的香草

      herbs that have been cut into small pieces

      Sprinkle the rice with chopped herbs and serve at once.

    • dried herbs

      乾燥香草

      herbs that have had the water taken out so they last a long time

      In winter we use dried herbs from the jar instead of fresh ones.

    • medicinal herbs

      藥草；草藥

      herbs that are used as medicine

      The old book lists the medicinal herbs people used long ago.

    • herbs and spices

      香草與香料

      the plants and powders people use to give food more taste

      This dish only needs salt and a few herbs and spices.

    • a herb garden

      香草園；香草花圃

      a place where herbs are grown

      There is a small herb garden behind the school kitchen.

core核心畫面

Picture a small leafy plant on a kitchen — basil, mint, rosemary. You pick a few leaves, drop them in the pot, and the taste of the whole dish changes. Dry the same leaves and grind them, and they go into medicine instead.

可以想成：廚房窗邊那盆矮矮的葉子植物——羅勒、薄荷、迷迭香。它不是拿來當主菜吃的，你只摘幾片丟進鍋裡，整鍋的味道就變了；同一批葉子曬乾、磨碎，換個場合就成了藥材。所以 herb 這個字的畫面比較像「一株用葉子或種子來調味或治病的小草本植物」，份量很少，作用卻很明顯。

同家族的字

複數 herbs

原始詞典資料7 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。

Herbname/hɜː(ɹ)b/

  • 1

    A diminutive of the male given name Herbert.

    • Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee.

herbnoun/hɜːb/

  • 1

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.

  • 2

    archaicGrass; herbage.

    • flocks grazing the tender herb
  • 3

    Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

  • 4

    A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

    • If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?
    • For twenty-five years he has done all sorts of odd jobs: digging ginseng (a herb) in the Long White Mountains, fishing in the Black River, and washing gold dust at Hailanpao. Without this education, he would never have become an undaunted revolutionary.
  • 5

    slangCannabis.

    • The room was thick and sour with the smell of herb.
    • You think he's got any herb?
  • 6

    slang(always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.

    • George (AO) describes the tie between fighting and respect: 'Cause some people could come up to you and say, “Ah, he's a herb, he can't fight. He's nothing.”

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