aioli

IPA/aɪˈəʊli/
IPA/aɪˈəʊli/

aioli — noun

1. a creamy sauce, usually served cold, that gets a strong garlic taste from oil an

1.名詞B2
釋義

a creamy sauce, usually served cold, that gets a strong garlic taste from oil and often egg

例句

Theo spread lemon aioli on the grilled chicken sandwich at lunch.

collocation: spread aioli on [food]

Mei dipped her roasted potatoes into a bowl of warm aioli.

collocation: bowl of aioli

同義詞
  • mayonnaise

    a broader everyday sauce term; plain mayonnaise does not have to contain garlic

  • garlic mayo

    an informal menu label that often overlaps with aioli but sounds less traditional

  • dip

    a much broader word for something you dip food into, not a specific garlic sauce

文法句型

[food] with aioli

serve aioli with [dish]

用法筆記

Usually treated as uncountable when you mean the sauce on the plate or table. Restaurant menus may use it countably for different flavoured versions, such as "two house aiolis."

常見錯誤

❌Pass me an aioli.
✅Pass me the aioli.
💡Aioli is usually uncountable when you mean the sauce being served.
❌This burger comes with mayonnaise' (when the menu says aioli).
✅This burger comes with aioli.
💡Aioli specifically suggests a garlic-forward sauce, not just any mayonnaise.