Prepacked food or other goods have already been wrapped or put in a packet before they are sent to the shop. You buy them in their wrapping; the shop did not weigh them out for you from a big box.

prepacked food or other goodsprepacked的食品或其他商品 have already been已經被 wrapped or put in a packet包裝好或裝進包裝袋裡 before they are sent to the shop再送到店裡之前。 you你 buy them in their wrapping買的時候它們已經包好了; the shop店家 did not weigh them out for you沒有幫你秤重分裝 from a big box從一個大箱子裡。

In British supermarket English this is a very ordinary word: prepacked cheese, prepacked salad, prepacked screws. It is not only food.

in British supermarket English在英式超市英文裡 this這 is a very ordinary word是很普通的字: prepacked cheeseprepacked起司、 prepacked saladprepacked沙拉、 prepacked screwsprepacked螺絲。 it它 is not only food不只限於食物。

Close to prepackaged, though prepackaged more often means the food is also ready to eat or only needs heating. Prepacked can just mean already in a packet.

close to接近 prepackaged這個字、 though不過 prepackaged更常 more often means意思是 the food這食物 is also ready to eat也已經可以直接吃 or only needs heating或只需要加熱。 prepacked can就 just mean只是指 already in a packet已經裝在包裝袋裡。

Though actually, shops and labels mix the two, and many speakers treat them as the same. Prepacked is more British; American English more often says prepackaged or just packaged.

though actually不過其實、 shops and labels店家和標籤 mix the two把兩個字混著用、 and many speakers許多人也 treat them as the same把它們當成一樣的。 prepacked is更 more British偏英式; American English美式英文 more often says更常說 prepackaged或直接說packaged。