If something is granulated, it has been made into tiny hard grains — little bits you can pour, not a fine powder and not one big lump.

If something is granulated如果某樣東西是 granulated, it has been made into tiny hard grains就是被做成很小的硬顆粒 — little bits you can pour也就是可以倒出來的小顆粒, not a fine powder and not one big lump不是細粉，也不是一整塊.

The phrase you will meet almost every time is granulated sugar: that ordinary white sugar in the kitchen bag, the kind that looks like very small crystals. Though actually, in a lot of homes people just say “sugar” and they already mean this. It is not the soft snow you dust on a cake, and it is not the big clear rocks some people drop into tea.

The phrase you will meet almost every time你幾乎每次都會遇到的說法 is granulated sugar是 granulated sugar: that ordinary white sugar in the kitchen bag就是廚房裡那種一般的白糖, the kind that looks like very small crystals看起來像很細小的結晶那種. Though actually不過其實, in a lot of homes在很多人家裡, people just say “sugar”大家就直接說糖, and they already mean this意思已經就是這個. It is not the soft snow you dust on a cake它不是你灑在蛋糕上那種鬆軟的雪狀糖粉, and it is not the big clear rocks some people drop into tea也不是有些人加進茶裡那種透明的大顆冰糖.

The same idea turns up on other packets — granulated garlic, granulated stock — meaning the stuff was dried into grains so it is easy to spoon. The word is calm and a little technical: you see it on labels more than you hear it in chat.

The same idea turns up on other packets同樣的概念也出現在其他包裝上 — granulated garlic, granulated stock像 granulated garlic、granulated stock — meaning the stuff was dried into grains意思是這東西被烘乾成顆粒狀 so it is easy to spoon方便用湯匙舀取. The word is calm and a little technical這個字語氣平實、有點專業: you see it on labels more than you hear it in chat你比較常在標籤上看到它，而不是在聊天裡聽到.