Perishables are foods that go bad quickly if you do not keep them cold or use them soon. Milk, meat, fish, fruit, and most vegetables are perishables; rice, tins, and dry noodles are not. The word is almost always plural: shops store perishables, lorries carry perishables, a kitchen splits perishables from dry goods. It is a practical, slightly official word — food-safety rules, supermarket signs, shipping — more than everyday chat, where people just say “fresh food” or “things that go off”. Though actually, “gone off” is about food that has already spoiled; perishables names the kind that is always at risk, even while it is still fine.

易腐食品（超商、物流用語；指「很快會壞的那類食物」，不是已經壞掉的）