A marinade is the wet mix you put meat, fish, or sometimes vegetables into before you cook them. People usually make it with oil, plus something sour (lemon, vinegar, wine), and salt, garlic, herbs, or soy sauce — whatever will give the food more taste.

A marinade is the wet mix marinade是一種濕的醃料 you put meat, fish, or sometimes vegetables into你會把肉、魚，有時候是蔬菜放進去 before you cook them再拿去煮之前。 People usually make it with oil大家通常會用油來調 plus something sour (lemon, vinegar, wine)再加點酸的東西（像檸檬、醋、酒） and salt, garlic, herbs, or soy sauce還有鹽、蒜頭、香草，或醬油 whatever will give the food more taste反正就是能讓食物更有味道的東西。

You leave the food sitting in it for a while so the outside picks up flavour; though actually it does not soak all the way through a thick piece of meat the way cookbooks sometimes make it sound.

You leave the food sitting in it for a while你會讓食物泡在裡面一段時間 so the outside picks up flavour讓表面吸收味道 though actually不過其實 it does not soak all the way through a thick piece of meat它並不會像食譜有時候講的那樣，完全滲透一大塊肉 the way cookbooks sometimes make it sound。

In American English, marinade is almost always the mix itself (a noun), and the action is marinate. In British English, some people also use marinade as a verb: they marinade the chicken overnight. Both are understood.

In American English在美式英文裡 marinade is almost always the mix itself (a noun)marinade幾乎都是指那個醃料本身（名詞） and the action is marinate而動作則是marinate。 In British English在英式英文裡 some people also use marinade as a verb有些人也會把marinade當動詞用 they marinade the chicken overnight像是they marinade the chicken overnight（他們把雞肉醃一整晚）。 Both are understood兩種說法大家都聽得懂。

It is ordinary kitchen talk, not a fancy word. Cooks stretch it a little (a yoghurt marinade, even a “dry marinade” of spices with almost no liquid), though a truly dry rub is not really a marinade.

It這個詞 is ordinary kitchen talk是很普通的廚房用語 not a fancy word不是什麼高級詞彙。 Cooks stretch it a little廚師有時候會把這個詞用得更寬 (a yoghurt marinade, even a "dry marinade" of spices with almost no liquid)（像a yoghurt marinade優格醃料，甚至幾乎沒有液體的"dry marinade"香料醃料） though a truly dry rub is not really a marinade不過真正的乾式抹料其實不算是marinade。