The short written form of "tablespoon" — the big spoon you eat soup or serve food with, used as a measure in cooking. You see it in recipes, on the side of a measuring jug, on the back of a food packet.

The short written form of "tablespoon"「tablespoon」的縮寫， the big spoon you eat soup or serve food with指你拿來喝湯或盛菜的那種大湯匙，used as a measure in cooking在烹飪裡被用來當計量單位。You see it in recipes你會在食譜裡看到它、on the side of a measuring jug在量杯的側面、on the back of a food packet或食品包裝的背面看到它。

You almost never say "tbsp" out loud; you read it and you say "tablespoon".

You almost never say "tbsp" out loud你幾乎不會把"tbsp"唸出來；you read it你看到它時 and而 you say "tablespoon"會唸成「tablespoon」。

It stays the same for one or for many: "1 tbsp sugar", "2 tbsp oil" — no -s, though some writers do add one and write "tbsps". Some recipes write it with a capital T ("1 T oil") to keep it clearly apart from a small t for teaspoon.

It它 stays the same不會變 for one or for many不管是一個還是好幾個："1 tbsp sugar"「1 tbsp sugar」、"2 tbsp oil"「2 tbsp oil」 — no -s都不加-s，though雖然 some writers有些人還是 do add one and write "tbsps"會加s寫成「tbsps」。Some recipes有些食譜 write it with a capital T會寫大寫的T（"1 T oil"像「1 T oil」） to keep it clearly apart from好跟...清楚分開 a small t for teaspoon小寫t代表的teaspoon（茶匙）。

As a real measure it is three teaspoons, about 15 ml, though the old British tablespoon was a bit bigger and the Australian one is 20 ml — so a big recipe from another country can come out slightly off. Note also that in real cooking people are loose about it: "a tablespoon of butter" often just means a good spoonful, not a careful measurement.

As a real measure實際的量來說 it它 is是 three teaspoons三茶匙，about 15 ml大約15毫升，though不過 the old British tablespoon舊式英國大匙 was a bit bigger稍微大一點 and而 the Australian one澳洲的大匙 is 20 ml是20毫升 — so所以 a big recipe from another country一份來自別國的大份食譜 can come out slightly off算出來可能會有點差。Note also另外要注意 that in real cooking在實際下廚時 people are loose about it人們對這個沒那麼精準："a tablespoon of butter"「a tablespoon of butter」（一大匙奶油） often就是 just means其實常常只是 a good spoonful大概一匙的量，not a careful measurement不是真的精準計量。