bagel
bagel — noun
- bagelsingular
- bagelsplural
1. a chewy, ring-shaped bread roll that is boiled first and then baked, often slice
a chewy, ring-shaped bread roll that is boiled first and then baked, often sliced in half and eaten with a spread or filling
Chidi toasted a sesame bagel and spread thick cream cheese on both halves.
collocation: sesame bagel, toasted bagel
The café on Harper's street sells fresh bagels with butter and jam every morning.
collocation: fresh bagels with [topping]
Rin sliced the warm bagel in half and layered smoked salmon across the bottom.
Ada pulled a frozen everything bagel from the freezer and popped it into the toaster.
Vinícius ordered a bagel with avocado and a fried egg at the station café.
- bialy
a similar Polish-Jewish roll but with a shallow depression instead of a hole; much less common outside traditional bakeries
2. a tennis set that ends 6–0, with one side winning every single game
a tennis set that ends 6–0, with one side winning every single game
Élise delivered a bagel in the opening set of her quarter-final match at Wimbledon.
collocation: deliver a bagel
Indra took a bagel in the first set but rallied to win the next two.
collocation: take a bagel
The young player had never been handed a bagel in a professional tournament before.
Renata's serve was so dominant that she nearly gave her opponent a bagel.
Shirin was disappointed after taking a bagel in the county championship final.
- whitewash
a more general term for any lopsided victory, used across many sports, not just tennis
- clean sweep
winning every part of a contest; broader than the specific 6–0 tennis scoreline
- tiebreak
the closest possible set, going beyond 6–6; the opposite of a one-sided bagel
用法筆記
Almost always used with verbs that treat the bagel as something you give ('serve', 'deliver', 'hand') or receive ('take', 'eat'). The image is that the zero on the scoreboard looks like the round shape of a bagel.