- 1nA2
/dɪˈzɜːrt/ · /dɪˈzɜːt/
sweet food that you eat after the main part of a meal
甜點
複數 desserts
核心畫面
Picture the plates being cleared and one more thing arriving — something sweet, at the end, when nobody is hungry any more. The word is defined by its position in the meal as much as by what it is.
可以想成:盤子收走之後,還有一道端上來——甜的,放在最後,這時大家其實已經不餓了。這個字的意思一半在「是甜的」,另一…更多收起
可以想成:盤子收走之後,還有一道端上來——甜的,放在最後,這時大家其實已經不餓了。這個字的意思一半在「是甜的」,另一半在「在哪個位置」:同樣一塊蛋糕,下午吃是點心,飯後吃才是它。原始詞典資料2 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。
dessertnoun/dɪˈzɜːt/
- 1
The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
- I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
- Can I see the dessert menu, please?
- 2
A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
- Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.
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。