A small green herb with tiny leaves, used to give flavour to food. It is one of the standard Western cooking herbs, especially in French, Italian, and English kitchens — you put it in soup, roast chicken, stews, tomato sauce, and roast potatoes.

with tiny leaves葉子很小的 A small green herb一種綠色的小香草，used to give flavour to food用來給食物調味。It它 is是 one of the standard Western cooking herbs西式料理裡標準的香草之一，especially尤其是 in French, Italian, and English kitchens在法式、義式、和英式廚房裡 — you put it你會把它加進 in soup湯裡、roast chicken烤雞裡、stews燉菜裡、tomato sauce番茄醬汁裡、and和 roast potatoes烤馬鈴薯裡。

It has a warm, slightly sharp, slightly earthy smell. You can buy it fresh (small woody stems with leaves on them) or dried (little grey-green flakes in a jar).

It它 has有 a warm, slightly sharp, slightly earthy smell一種溫暖、帶點嗆、帶點土味的香氣。You你 can buy it可以買到 fresh新鮮的（small woody stems with leaves on them帶葉子的小木質莖）or或 dried乾燥的（little grey-green flakes in a jar罐子裡灰綠色的小碎片）。

Cooks usually drop a whole sprig in the pot and pull the stem out later, because the stem is too woody to eat. The plant is low and bushy, grows well in dry stony ground, and is common as a garden plant in Europe.

Cooks廚師 usually通常 drop a whole sprig in the pot會把一整枝丟進鍋裡 and而 pull the stem out later之後再把梗挑出來，because因為 the stem梗 is too woody to eat太木質、不能吃。The plant這種植物 is low and bushy矮矮叢生的，in dry stony ground在乾燥多石的地上 grows well長得很好，and而 in Europe在歐洲 is common as a garden plant是常見的庭園植物。

The most important thing about this word is not the plant but the sound: "thyme" is pronounced exactly like "time" — the "th" and the "e" are both silent.

The most important thing about this word關於這個詞最重要的事 is不是 not the plant植物本身 but而是 the sound它的發音："thyme"「thyme」 is pronounced exactly like發音跟...一模一樣 "time"「time」 — the "th" and the "e"「th」和字尾的「e」 are both silent都不發音。

It is an uncountable noun, so you say "some thyme" or "a sprig of thyme," not "a thyme" or "two thymes." You will see it on packet labels and in recipes far more often than you will hear it spoken.

It它 is是 an uncountable noun一個不可數名詞，so所以 you say你會說 "some thyme"「some thyme」 or或 "a sprig of thyme,"「a sprig of thyme」，not而不是 "a thyme"「a thyme」 or或 "two thymes."「two thymes」。You你 will see it on packet labels and in recipes會在包裝標籤和食譜上看到它 far more often than you will hear it spoken遠比你聽到有人講出來的機會多得多。