abalone

IPA/ˌæb.əˈləʊ.ni/
IPA/ˌæb.əˈloʊ.ni/

abalone — noun

  • abalonesingular
  • abalonesplural

1. a sea animal that people eat as food. It has a flat shell shaped like a human ea

1.名詞B1
釋義

a sea animal that people eat as food. It has a flat shell shaped like a human ear, and the inside of the shell shines with rainbow colours.

例句

At the night market, Mei tried grilled abalone and loved its chewy texture.

uncountable (meat as food): 'grilled abalone'

Pieces of abalone shell were used to decorate a wooden jewellery box.

compound noun: 'abalone shell'

同義詞
  • ormer

    used in British English, especially around the Channel Islands; less common than 'abalone' worldwide

用法筆記

When talking about the meat as food, abalone is usually uncountable (e.g. 'We had abalone for dinner'). When referring to the living animal or individual shells, it is countable (e.g. 'He found three abalones on the reef').

常見錯誤

❌I bought a fresh abalone from the fish market' (when referring to the meat).
✅I bought fresh abalone from the fish market.
💡As food, abalone is usually uncountable.