喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈspɪnɪtʃ/ · /ˈspɪnɪdʒ/菠菜

    A vegetable with large dark green leaves. You can eat it raw in a salad, or cook it until the leaves go soft.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei washed the fresh spinach and put the leaves in a big bowl.

    逐字美洗了那些新鮮的菠菜，然後把那些葉子放進一個大碗裡。

    「spinach」就是我們說的菠菜——一片一片深綠色的大葉子，可以生吃做沙拉，也可以煮軟了吃。要注意它在英文裡是不可數名詞，所以說 some spinach、a bag of spinach（一袋菠菜），不說 a spinach，也沒有 spinaches。跟 cabbage（高麗菜）、lettuce（生菜）那種「一顆一顆」的菜不一樣，spinach 給人的感覺是散開的一把葉子，所以要數的時候通常數葉子：spinach leaves。

    常見搭配

    • fresh spinach

      新鮮菠菜

      spinach that has just been picked or bought, not frozen

      Fresh spinach only takes a minute to cook.

    • baby spinach

      嫩菠菜（小葉菠菜）

      young spinach with small soft leaves, often eaten raw

      She made a salad with baby spinach and cherry tomatoes.

    • chopped spinach

      切碎的菠菜

      spinach that has been cut into small pieces

      Add some chopped spinach to the soup at the end.

    • spinach leaves

      菠菜葉

      the separate leaves of the plant

      Put a few spinach leaves on top of the sandwich.

    • a bag of spinach

      一袋菠菜

      the amount of spinach sold in one bag at a shop

      Can you get a bag of spinach at the market?

    • grow spinach

      種菠菜

      to plant spinach and look after it until you can eat it

      My aunt grows spinach and green onions on her balcony.

core核心畫面

You can picture a bunch of broad, dark green leaves on thin stems. Raw, they are crisp enough to toss into a salad; put them in a hot pan and a whole handful collapses into a small soft pile in seconds. That collapse is the thing people remember about this vegetable.

可以想成一把深綠色的大葉子，長在細細的莖上。生的時候夠脆，可以直接丟進沙拉；一下鍋卻軟得很快，滿滿一大把幾秒鐘就縮成小小一坨——這個「一炒就塌」的畫面，大概是它最好記的地方。菠菜就是這種葉菜。

原始詞典資料3 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。

spinachnoun/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

    • Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
  • 2

    Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.

  • 3

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    • That shot left me in the spinach!

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