1. 1nA1/ˈpɑːpkɔːrn/ · /ˈpɒpkɔːn/爆米花

    a light snack made from corn that swells and opens when heated, usually eaten warm with salt or sugar.

    示範例句 · Example

    Dooley made popcorn, and we all sat down for the movie.

    逐字杜利做了爆米花,然後我們全部坐下來看電影。

    「popcorn」就是「爆米花」:玉米粒加熱後膨開、變輕變軟的零食,通常趁熱吃,常加鹽或糖。最常見畫面是看電影時邊看邊吃。它多半當不可數名詞,說 some popcorn、a bowl / bucket of popcorn。How can we think of the name? 一種想法是 pop + corn——像玉米「砰」地打開。

    常見搭配

    • eat popcorn

      吃爆米花

      to have popcorn as a snack

      The kids ate popcorn while they watched the cartoon.

    • make popcorn

      做/爆爆米花

      to cook corn until it opens into popcorn

      Dad made popcorn for movie night.

    • a bowl of popcorn

      一碗爆米花

      popcorn served in a bowl (amount measure)

      She carried a big bowl of popcorn to the sofa.

    • a bucket of popcorn

      一桶爆米花

      a large cinema-style container of popcorn

      We shared a bucket of popcorn at the cinema.

    • sweet / salty popcorn

      甜的/鹹的爆米花

      popcorn flavoured with sugar or salt

      Mei always chooses salty popcorn; Leo likes sweet.

    • microwave popcorn

      微波爐爆米花

      popcorn sold in a bag to cook in a microwave

      There is microwave popcorn in the cupboard.

    用法接近

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core核心畫面

The word says exactly what happens: corn that pops. Heat the hard little kernels and each one bursts open into a light white puff, so a small cup of seeds turns into a big bowl of snack. Popcorn is that snack - the sound of the cooking is inside the name.

這個字就是它的做法:會爆開的玉米(pop 是爆、corn 是玉米)。硬硬的小顆粒一加熱,就一顆顆炸開成輕輕白白的一朵,小小一杯種子變成一大碗零食。popcorn 指的就是這個零食——連做的時候那個聲音都寫在名字裡了。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

用法接近

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原始詞典資料15 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。

popcornnoun/ˈpɒp.kɔːn/

  • 1

    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • My friends and I ordered popcorn during the interval of the movie.
  • 2

    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • That farm grows popcorn.
  • 3

    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • I'll have a small popcorn.
    • Warner Bros has offered the two executives less than dollars 1m as an out-of-court settlement, a sum dismissed by Mr [Pierce] O'Donnell as 'two popcorns and two Cokes'.
  • 4

    rareA snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • She keeps dropping her popcorns.
    • Some popcorns silently flicked off like face peelings on his shoe.
  • 5

    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • popcorn chicken
    • Last night we had popcorn chicken.
  • 6

    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • The movie was entertaining enough, but it was just popcorn entertainment.
    • popcorn movies
  • 7

    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

    • If they get in a fight, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the popcorn.
    • And not at all about how a state picks which group of electors to send, which is the whole basis of the NaPoVoInterCo plan, and will yield plenty more Supreme Court popcorn if it ever gets enacted.
  • 8

    businessknittingmanufacturingA kind of stitch similar to a bobble.

    • From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.

    • With the "popcorn" method, all team members in the session spontaneously call out ideas and a facilitator writes them on a flip chart.
    • As a way to begin the discussion about God's will, you might want to ask the group to do some "popcorn" brainstorming about the pros and cons of believing that everything that happens is God's will.
  • 10

    A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.

  • 11

    A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.

  • 12

    A jump straight up with all four feet off the ground.

popcornverb/ˈpɒp.kɔːn/

  • 1

    To stand or jump up quickly.

    • Popcorning behavior is a fun sight—as long as you know what it is. Otherwise, it can scare you. During this action a pig runs around very fast and suddenly leaps straight up in the air, twitching and squeaking. It then lands and takes off again, often in another direction. This activity shows pure joy. Babies start to popcorn when they are about two weeks old or so—they may try it earlier, but they usually fall down instead.
  • 2

    To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.

  • 3

    rarebusinessknittingmanufacturingTo use the popcorn stitch.

    • You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.

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