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Marmite is a soft, dark brown paste with a strong salty taste, made from yeast. British people spread a very thin layer on bread or toast; a thick layer is too much for almost everyone. You can also stir a little into soup to give it a deep, savoury taste.
Marmite馬麥醬 is a soft, dark brown paste是一種軟軟的深棕色醬 with a strong salty taste味道濃烈又鹹 made from yeast由酵母製成 British people spread a very thin layer英國人會抹薄薄一層 on bread or toast在麵包或吐司上 a thick layer is too much for almost everyone抹厚了幾乎沒人受得了 You can also stir a little into soup你也可以挖一點攪進湯裡 to give it a deep, savoury taste增添濃厚鮮鹹的味道
It is sold in a round brown glass jar, and it is a British food. Australia has a close cousin called , which looks similar but is not the same.
It is sold in a round brown glass jar它裝在圓形的棕色玻璃罐裡賣 and it is a famously British food是英國著名的食物 Australia has a close cousin called Vegemite澳洲有個近親叫「Vegemite」(維吉麥) which looks similar but is not the same外觀相似但不是同一種東西
In Britain people also use Marmite as a picture-word: if they say someone or something is “Marmite,” they mean you either love it or hate it — there is no middle. That second use is very common in newspapers and everyday talk, even when nobody is eating it.
In Britain在英國 people also use Marmite as a picture-word人們也把「Marmite」當成一個比喻用語 if they say someone or something is "Marmite,"如果他們說某人或某事物是「Marmite」 they mean you either love it or hate it意思是你要嘛超愛要嘛超討厭 there is no middle沒有中間地帶 That second use這第二種用法 is very common in newspapers and everyday talk在報紙和日常對話裡很常見 even when nobody is eating it即使根本沒人在吃它
組成From French marmite, a cooking pot. The food was named after the pot.
原始詞典資料6 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。
Marmitename/ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
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A brand of sticky, dark brown, strongly flavored spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten on toast, in sandwiches, in savory dishes, etc.
- Peyró has the grace to acknowledge that Marmite isn’t really a sauce before dismissing it as “filth”, and moving on to mint sauce.
Marmitenoun/ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
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informalSomething which people either love or hate.
- A pink gin is prepared by swirling a few drops of bitters round the glass and throwing any excess away. It's the Marmite of the drinking world.
- Ah, anchovies - the marmite of the marine world. Personally, I love them, at least on pizzas.
Marmiteadj/ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
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informalDivisive, such that one either loves or hates it; polarizing.
- But that 10% gap between fans and detractors leaves room for an interesting concept: is there something more Marmite than Marmite?
- 'Hangry', fittingly, is very Marmite. For some it is newfangled and unpalatable, but for others it is an essential description of everyday life.
Marmiteverb/ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
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To apply Marmite to.
- My toast carefully Marmited, I took a bite and immediately felt as if I’d been hit in the face by an ocean wave, a wave befouled by oil from a sinking tanker, oil that had caused a die-off of marine birds and invertebrates, creatures whose decomposing bodies were adding to the general funkiness that had found its way inside my mouth.
marmitenoun/ˈmɑːˌmaɪt/
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A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals.
- 1824 Thomas Gill. The Technical Repository p. 180: XXXV: On the French Marmite, or Pot-au-Feu: and on preparing Bouillon with it My little boy having been ill of a fever for forty days, I have learned from his attendant how to make the celebrated soup (bouillon) of Paris: and finding it to be superior to any that I ever before tasted, I take the liberty to send you the directions necessary to enable any one to prepare this cheap and desirable food. Earthen-pots with covers, made to hold from one to seven pounds of meat, are found in every family. The marmite bought for me was for one-and-a-half pound only: this quantity of lean meat (bœufmaigre), was always part of the leg or shoulder: it was put into the marmite, which was then filled up with cold water, about five pints, and placed on the hearth, close to the wood-fire; and when it began to simmer or boil gently, it threw up a scum, which was carefully taken off from time to time with a spoon, for the space of threequarters of an hour, which perfectly cleansed the meat and water from every impurity.
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。