bacon

/ˈbeɪkən/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈekən] /ˈbeɪkən/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈekən] /ˈbā-kən sometimes -kᵊŋ/ (ame, mw)

bacon — noun

1. salt-cured strips of pork, usually taken from the pig's back or belly, often fri

1.名詞B1
釋義

salt-cured strips of pork, usually taken from the pig's back or belly, often fried until crisp and eaten at breakfast or in sandwiches.

例句

Tomás fried two rashers of bacon for his Saturday morning breakfast.

countable usage: rashers of bacon

The smell of bacon and eggs drifted up from the hostel kitchen downstairs.

fixed pairing: bacon and eggs

同義詞
  • rasher

    British English for one thin slice of bacon, not the meat itself

  • gammon

    British English; cured hind-leg cut, eaten as a steak rather than fried strips

  • pancetta

    Italian cured pork belly, usually diced and cooked into pasta or stews

文法句型

a slice/rasher of bacon

bacon and eggs

用法筆記

Uncountable in the mass sense ('some bacon'); countable in 'a rasher/slice of bacon' or 'two bacons' (meaning two portions). Common collocations: streaky, smoked, crispy, back bacon.

常見錯誤

❌I ate three bacons for breakfast.
✅I ate three slices of bacon for breakfast.
💡bacon is normally uncountable; use 'slice', 'rasher', or 'strip' to count it.
❌a bacon' (meaning one strip)
✅a piece of bacon' or 'a rasher of bacon
💡the article 'a' on its own is unnatural for the meat.