喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to hold it: the box on the kitchen counter that heats food from the inside out in two minutes. The name is built from what it uses — micro (very small) + wave — so the machine, the wave itself, and the act of using the machine all end up sharing one word.

可以想成廚房檯面上那台箱子：東西丟進去，兩分鐘就從裡面熱起來。它的名字其實是從它用的東西來的——micro（極小）＋…更多收起可以想成廚房檯面上那台箱子：東西丟進去，兩分鐘就從裡面熱起來。它的名字其實是從它用的東西來的——micro（極小）＋ wave（波），所以這台機器、那種波本身、還有「拿它來加熱」這個動作，最後都共用同一個字。

From the picture

波本身

這一個其實是名字的來源：機器是因為用了這種波才叫 microwave，不是波跟著機器命名。

microwave (radio wave) · noun · B1

a very short electric wave used to cook food, send messages by radio, and find things with radar

微波

Also in this word

microwave oven · noun · A2

A kitchen oven that uses very short waves to heat food in minutes.

微波爐

microwave food · verb · A2

to cook or heat food in a microwave oven

用微波爐加熱；微波

原始詞典資料4 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。

microwavenoun/ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/

  • 1

    An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.

    • Many radar systems use a combination of radio waves and microwaves.
    • Microwaves do not follow the curvature of the earth, but travel in a straight line. They must therefore have unobstructed "line of sight" and the dish aerials have to be sited on towers or high buildings, on high ground, or a combination of all three.

microwaveverb/ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/

  • 1

    To cook (something) in a microwave oven.

    • A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.
  • 2

    slangTo provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。