喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈletɪs/生菜；萵苣

    a round vegetable with thin, soft green leaves, which people usually eat raw in a salad or in a sandwich.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mum bought a head of lettuce to make a salad for dinner.

    逐字媽媽買了一顆生菜要做晚餐的沙拉。

    「lettuce」是那種一整顆圓圓的、葉子薄薄軟軟的綠色蔬菜，重點是它通常生吃——夾在三明治、漢堡裡，或拌成沙拉。台灣超市有時標「萵苣」，講吃法時大家更常說「生菜」。它可數也不可數：要說「一顆」，英文最自然是 a head of lettuce，不是 a lettuce；泛指菜葉時就直接說 some lettuce。lettuce 跟 cabbage（高麗菜）很容易搞混——lettuce 葉子薄、脆、軟，生的吃；cabbage 葉子厚、硬，多半是炒過或煮過才上桌。

    常見搭配

    • a head of lettuce

      一顆生菜

      one whole round lettuce

      Could you get two heads of lettuce from the market?

    • iceberg lettuce

      結球萵苣、美生菜

      a very firm, pale green kind of lettuce

      Burgers here come with a slice of iceberg lettuce.

    • wash the lettuce

      把生菜洗乾淨

      to clean lettuce leaves with water before eating them

      Please wash the lettuce before you put it in the bowl.

    • lettuce leaves

      生菜葉

      the separate leaves of a lettuce

      She put two lettuce leaves under the egg.

    • a bed of lettuce

      鋪在底下的一層生菜

      a layer of lettuce leaves that food is served on

      The chicken was served on a bed of lettuce.

    • grow lettuce

      種生菜

      to plant lettuce and look after it until it can be picked

      Lettuce is easy to grow, even in a small pot.

    意思相近

    greenssalad greens

core核心畫面

You can picture a round, loose ball of thin pale-green leaves that you pull apart with your hands — cool, crisp, and eaten raw, so it turns up in salads and inside sandwiches rather than in a hot pan.

可以想成一顆圓圓的、由薄薄淺綠葉子疊成的球，用手就能一片片剝下來。它的重點在「生吃」——冰涼、脆脆的，所以出現的地方多半是沙拉碗裡或三明治夾層裡，而不是熱鍋上。

複數 lettuces

意思相近

greenssalad greens

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lettucenoun/ˈlɛt.ɪs/

  • 1

    An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

  • 2

    foodlifestylevegetableThe leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

    • I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
  • 3

    slangUnited States paper currency; dollars.

    • To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.
    • Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
  • 4

    A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).

  • 5

    slangMarijuana.

  • 6

    slangLong, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.

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