那支小匙本身，以及它量出來的份量
一個是器具，一個是那個器具裝得下的量——同一支小匙的兩種看法。
teaspoon (utensil) · noun · A2
A small spoon that you use to mix sugar into tea or coffee.
茶匙；小湯匙
核心畫面
You can think of it as the smallest spoon in the drawer — the little one that sits next to a cup of tea, just big enough to stir in sugar. Because everyone owns one and they are all about the same size, that little spoon quietly becomes a ruler: 'a teaspoon of salt' means 'as much as fits in that spoon'.
抽屜裡最小的那支湯匙——放在茶杯旁邊、剛好夠把糖攪進茶裡的小匙。它小到你不會拿它喝湯，卻剛好順手。而因為家家戶戶都有…更多收起
抽屜裡最小的那支湯匙——放在茶杯旁邊、剛好夠把糖攪進茶裡的小匙。它小到你不會拿它喝湯，卻剛好順手。而因為家家戶戶都有一支、大小又差不多，這支小匙就悄悄變成了一把尺：講「一茶匙的鹽」時，大家腦中浮現的份量幾乎一樣。One branch
原始詞典資料3 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。
teaspoonnoun/ˈtiːˌspuːn/
- 1
A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
- 2
A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon in the United States or one-quarter of a tablespoon in Australia, or roughly five milliliters.
teaspoonverb/ˈtiːˌspuːn/
- 1
To serve with a teaspoon.
- I teaspooned some sugar into my cup.
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。