To sizzle is to make that sharp, bright sound of water hitting something very hot — fat in a pan, rain on a stove, a burger hitting the grill. It is a sound-word: the word tries to copy the noise.

To sizzle is to make that sharp, bright soundsizzle是指發出那種尖銳、清脆的聲音，of water hitting something very hot像是水碰到很燙的東西時發出的那種聲音——fat in a pan鍋裡的油、rain on a stove雨滴到爐子上、a burger hitting the grill漢堡肉排放到烤架上。It is a sound-word這是個擬聲詞：the word tries to copy the noise這個字是想模仿那個聲音。

You use it for cooking more than for anything else: bacon sizzles, onions sizzle, the wok sizzles when you add the sauce. As a noun, the sizzle is that sound itself.

You use it for cooking more than for anything else你用這個字最常是在講煮東西：bacon sizzles培根會sizzle、onions sizzle洋蔥會sizzle、the wok sizzles when you add the sauce加醬汁的時候炒鍋會sizzle。As a noun當名詞用的時候，the sizzle is that sound itselfsizzle指的就是那個聲音本身。

Cooks and adverts also stretch it: food can be sold on its sizzle, meaning the excitement, the smell-and-sound of it, not only the taste — “sell the sizzle, not the steak”. That second use is informal and a bit salesy.

Cooks and adverts also stretch it廚師和廣告也把這個字延伸使用：food can be sold on its sizzle食物可以靠它的sizzle來賣，meaning the excitement, the smell-and-sound of it意思是那種興奮感、那種香味和聲音，not only the taste不只是味道本身——“sell the sizzle, not the steak”「賣的是sizzle，不是steak本身」。That second use is informal and a bit salesy這第二種用法是口語的，而且帶點推銷味。

The basic verb is ordinary, almost playful, and not formal.

The basic verb is ordinary, almost playful, and not formal最基本的動詞用法很平常，幾乎帶點玩味，一點也不正式。

It is not the same as fizzle, which is a sad little dying-out sound. And it is not a loud bang; a sizzle is a busy, high, frying hiss that goes on for a few seconds.

It is not the same as fizzle它跟fizzle不一樣，which is a sad little dying-out soundfizzle是那種有點可憐、慢慢消失的聲音。And it is not a loud bang而且它不是很大的一聲爆響；a sizzle is a busy, high, frying hiss that goes on for a few secondssizzle是那種忙碌、尖細、會持續幾秒鐘的油煎嘶嘶聲。