這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 化油器(口語簡稱) · 碳水化合物/澱粉類食物
carb
noun核心畫面
The same three letters, cut from a different long word. Carburettor is a mouthful, so in a workshop it loses its tail too, and what is left names the small part where petrol meets air before it burns. Nothing joins this picture to the food one except the scissors: two long words, cut at the same place, leaving the same short sound.
同樣三個字母,卻是從另一個長字剪下來的。carburettor 唸起來很長,所以在修車廠裡它也被剪掉尾巴,剩下的部分…更多收起
同樣三個字母,卻是從另一個長字剪下來的。carburettor 唸起來很長,所以在修車廠裡它也被剪掉尾巴,剩下的部分指那個小零件——汽油和空氣在裡面相遇,然後才燒起來。它和食物那個意思之間唯一的關係就是那把剪刀:兩個長字剛好剪在同一個位置,剩下同一個短音。From the word’s history
A clipping of carburetor / carburettor, recorded as informal.
依來源記載,這是 carburetor/carburettor 的截短形(clipping),標為口語。LDOCE 另外把這個簡稱標為英式英文。
Packet Wiktionary entry 'carb' noun (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:603462346:6226), sense 1: '(informal) Clipping of carburetor or carburettor.'; LDOCE sense 1 geo label 'British English'.
A second word, same spelling
carb
noun核心畫面
Picture a long word with its tail cut off. Carbohydrate is heavy to say, so in kitchens, gyms and cafés people keep only the front of it. What is left points at the energy part of food, and at the plate it usually sits on: the rice, the , the bread, the potatoes. Almost always plural, because nobody counts them one at a time.
可以想成一個長字被剪掉了尾巴。carbohydrate 唸起來太長,所以在廚房、健身房和餐廳裡,大家只留下前面那一小…更多收起
可以想成一個長字被剪掉了尾巴。carbohydrate 唸起來太長,所以在廚房、健身房和餐廳裡,大家只留下前面那一小段。留下來的部分指的是食物裡供應能量的那個成分,也指最常裝著它的那一盤:飯、麵、麵包、馬鈴薯。它幾乎都用複數,因為沒有人會一個一個去數。From the word’s history
A clipping of carbohydrate, recorded as informal and usually plural.
依來源記載,這是 carbohydrate 的截短形(clipping),標為口語,而且通常用複數。
Packet Wiktionary entry 'carb' noun (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:603462346:6226): etymology 'Clipping.'; sense 0 '(informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of carbohydrate'.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
carbnoun/kɑːb/
- 1
drugsmedicinepharmacologyThe hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.
- She lifted her thumb off the carb and breathed in the thick smoke.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。