- 1n/ˈiːstər ˌeɡ/chocolate egg巧克力蛋
A large hollow egg made of chocolate, bought or given as a present at Easter, sometimes with sweets inside it.
這個 Easter egg 是禮物，不是裝飾。它是蛋形的巧克力，裡面通常是空心的。外面包著亮亮的錫箔紙，常常大到可以分著吃。有些裡面還會裝小糖果。復活節前幾個禮拜，店裡就會擺滿。來源把這個用法標成英式英文。所以英國人說收到 Easter egg，多半是指巧克力。美國人聽到，可能先想到彩繪的真蛋。
示範例句 · Example
Every shop is full of Easter eggs weeks before the holiday.
中文翻譯在假期前好幾個星期，每家店都堆滿了巧克力蛋。
This one is a present, not a decoration. It is chocolate shaped like an egg, usually hollow, wrapped in shiny foil and often big enough to share. Shops fill their shelves with them for weeks before Easter, and people give them to children and to each other. The source marks this as the British English use, so a British speaker who says they got an Easter egg probably means chocolate, while an American speaker may picture a painted egg instead.
常見搭配
a chocolate Easter egg
巧克力做的復活節蛋
an egg-shaped piece of chocolate given at Easter
He bought a chocolate Easter egg for each of his nephews.
give someone an Easter egg
送某人一顆巧克力蛋
to give one as a present
My grandparents give us an Easter egg every year.
unwrap an Easter egg
拆開巧克力蛋的包裝
to take the foil off it
She unwrapped the Easter egg carefully and kept the foil.
意思相近
chocolate egg
- 2n/ˈiːstər ˌeɡ/painted hard-boiled egg復活節彩蛋
A real egg that has been cooked hard and then coloured or for Easter, often hidden for children to look for.
這個 Easter egg 是真的蛋。蛋先煮到全熟，再上色、彩繪或貼圖案。很多家庭會一起做，學校也會讓小朋友畫。所以「做蛋」本身就是活動的一部分。做好之後，大人會把蛋藏在院子或屋子裡。小朋友再去找，這就是 Easter egg hunt（找彩蛋）的由來。來源把這個用法標成美式英文。所以美國人講 Easter egg，多半先想到這種彩繪的真蛋。
This is the egg you can hold: a hen's egg, boiled until it is solid, then dyed, painted or stuck with patterns. Families make them at home and schools make them in class, so the making is as much a part of it as the finished egg. Grown-ups then hide them in a garden or a room and the children hunt for them, which is where Easter egg hunt comes from. The source marks this as the American English use, so this is the picture an American reader is most likely to have.
常見搭配
paint / dye Easter eggs
畫／染復活節彩蛋
to colour eggs for Easter
We dye Easter eggs every year with my cousins.
an Easter egg hunt
找彩蛋活動
a game in which children look for hidden eggs
The park is holding an Easter egg hunt on Sunday.
hide Easter eggs
把彩蛋藏起來
to put eggs where children must search for them
Dad hides the Easter eggs before we wake up.
a basket of Easter eggs
一籃彩蛋
a small basket used to collect or hold the eggs
She carried a basket of Easter eggs to her grandmother.
意思相近
decorated eggpainted egg