喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈʌnjən/洋蔥

    a round vegetable with a thin brown, red, or white skin and many layers inside. Onions have a strong taste and smell, and people use them in cooking.

    「onion」就是我們吃的洋蔥：外面一層薄薄的皮，切開來裡面一層包著一層，味道和氣味都很強，所以幾乎都是煮過才吃。它可以數（an onion 一顆洋蔥、two onions 兩顆），當成食材整體來講時也可以不數（add some onion 加一點洋蔥）。要小心的是，中文的「蔥」英文是 spring onion 或 green onion，細細長長的那種；onion 專指圓圓的洋蔥。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mum asked me to chop the onions for the soup.

    中文翻譯媽媽要求我為了湯切那些洋蔥。

    常見搭配

    • chop an onion / chop onions

      把洋蔥切碎

      to cut an onion into small pieces

      Chop the onions finely before you add them to the pan.

    • peel an onion

      剝洋蔥皮

      to take the thin dry skin off an onion

      Sam peeled the onion and threw the dry brown skin away.

    • fry onions

      炒洋蔥

      to cook onions in hot oil

      Fry the onions for five minutes until they turn soft and golden.

    • a red onion

      紫洋蔥（英文說 red）

      a type of onion with purple-red skin, often eaten raw

      She bought two red onions at the market.

    • onion soup

      洋蔥湯

      soup made mainly from onions

      The little café near the station serves warm onion soup in winter.

    • add some onion

      加一點洋蔥（當食材，不可數）

      to put a small amount of chopped onion into food

      Add some onion and a little salt, then stir it well.

    用法接近

    garlicspring onionshallotleekvegetable

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From the word’s history

From Middle English onyoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō 'onion'.

源自古法文 oignon，來自拉丁文 ūniō「洋蔥」。

Wiktionary

A round vegetable in a thin skin, made of layer inside layer, with a sharp smell that stings your eyes when you cut it — the base flavour under a huge amount of everyday cooking.

可以想成：一顆圓圓的球，外面裹著一層薄薄像紙的皮，剝開是一層包著一層。切下去氣味嗆得眼睛發酸，但下鍋炒過之後會回甜——很多家常菜的底味都是從它開始的。

onions

用法接近

garlicspring onionshallotleekvegetable

原始詞典資料9 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。

Onionnoun

  • 1

    slangAn inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.

onionnoun/ˈʌn.jən/

  • 1

    A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

    • Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.
    • To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.
  • 2

    The bulb of such a plant.

    • My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
    • Among the ancient Greeks, onions are most frequently mentioned as a stimulus to sexual desire.
  • 3

    Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.

    • Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses.
  • 4

    slangOf a drug, an ounce.

  • 5

    obsoleteslangball-gamesbaseballgamesA ball.

  • 6

    obsoleteslangA watch-seal.

    • […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; / O was an Onion, possessed by a swell; / P was a Pannie, done niblike and well. […]
  • 7

    slangSoy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.

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