bonbon

/ˈbɒnbɒn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɑːnbɑːn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbän-ˌbän/ (ame, mw)

bonbon — noun

  • bonbonsingular
  • bonbonsplural

1. a small sweet, usually covered in chocolate, with a soft filling inside.

1.名詞C1
釋義

a small sweet, usually covered in chocolate, with a soft filling inside.

例句

Nora bought a box of bonbons for her grandmother's birthday visit.

collocation: a box of bonbons

The hotel left two bonbons on the pillow beside the folded robe.

同義詞
  • chocolate

    can overlap when the sweet is chocolate-coated, but does not always imply a soft filling

  • truffle

    usually richer and more specifically chocolate-based

用法筆記

Usually used for a small filled sweet sold individually or in a box, not for any ordinary piece of candy.

常見錯誤

❌She gave each child a bonbon lollipop.
✅She gave each child a lollipop.
💡bonbon usually means a small filled sweet, not any sweet on a stick.

2. a brightly coloured paper tube for Christmas parties that bursts when two people

2.名詞C1
釋義

a brightly coloured paper tube for Christmas parties that bursts when two people pull it apart and usually has a tiny gift, a tissue-paper crown, and a printed joke inside.

例句

Christopher and Amira pulled the bonbon before dinner and laughed at the joke.

pull a bonbon at a Christmas meal

Each guest found a bonbon beside the plate at the office Christmas lunch.

同義詞
  • Christmas cracker

    the fuller and more widely understood term

  • cracker

    short form when the Christmas setting is already clear

用法筆記

This sense belongs mainly to British-style Christmas celebrations. In many other varieties of English, the usual term is Christmas cracker.

常見錯誤

❌We ate the bonbon after dinner.
✅We pulled the bonbon after dinner.
💡in this sense, bonbon means a paper cracker, not a sweet.