喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈletɪs/生菜；萵苣

    a round vegetable with thin, soft green leaves, which people usually eat raw in a salad or in a sandwich.

    「lettuce」是那種一整顆圓圓的、葉子薄薄軟軟的綠色蔬菜，重點是它通常生吃——夾在三明治、漢堡裡，或拌成沙拉。台灣超市有時標「萵苣」，講吃法時大家更常說「生菜」。它可數也不可數：要說「一顆」，英文最自然是 a head of lettuce，不是 a lettuce；泛指菜葉時就直接說 some lettuce。lettuce 跟 cabbage（高麗菜）很容易搞混——lettuce 葉子薄、脆、軟，生的吃；cabbage 葉子厚、硬，多半是炒過或煮過才上桌。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mum bought a head of lettuce to make a salad for dinner.

    中文翻譯媽媽買了一顆生菜要做晚餐的沙拉。

    常見搭配

    • a head of lettuce

      一顆生菜

      one whole round lettuce

      Could you get two heads of lettuce from the market?

    • iceberg lettuce

      結球萵苣、美生菜

      a very firm, pale green kind of lettuce

      Burgers here come with a slice of iceberg lettuce.

    • wash the lettuce

      把生菜洗乾淨

      to clean lettuce leaves with water before eating them

      Please wash the lettuce before you put it in the bowl.

    • lettuce leaves

      生菜葉

      the separate leaves of a lettuce

      She put two lettuce leaves under the egg.

    • a bed of lettuce

      鋪在底下的一層生菜

      a layer of lettuce leaves that food is served on

      The chicken was served on a bed of lettuce.

    • grow lettuce

      種生菜

      to plant lettuce and look after it until it can be picked

      Lettuce is easy to grow, even in a small pot.

    意思相近

    greenssalad greens

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle English letuse, probably from Old French laitues, from Latin lactūca, from lac 'milk', for the milky juice in its stalks.

可能來自古法文 laitues，源自拉丁文 lac「奶」，因莖裡有乳汁。

Wiktionary

You can picture a round, loose ball of thin pale-green leaves that you pull apart with your hands — cool, crisp, and eaten raw, so it turns up in salads and inside sandwiches rather than in a hot pan.

可以想成一顆圓圓的、由薄薄淺綠葉子疊成的球，用手就能一片片剝下來。它的重點在「生吃」——冰涼、脆脆的，所以出現的地方多半是沙拉碗裡或三明治夾層裡，而不是熱鍋上。

lettuces

意思相近

greenssalad greens

原始詞典資料6 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。

lettucenoun/ˈlɛt.ɪs/

  • 1

    An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

  • 2

    foodlifestylevegetableThe leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

    • I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
  • 3

    slangUnited States paper currency; dollars.

    • To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.
    • Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
  • 4

    A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).

  • 5

    slangMarijuana.

  • 6

    slangLong, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.

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