butterscotch

/ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbʌtərskɑːtʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbə-tər-ˌskäch/ (ame, mw)

butterscotch — noun

  • butterscotchsingular
  • butterscotchesplural

1. a light-brown sweet that becomes firm as it cools, prepared by heating butter wi

1.名詞B2
釋義

a light-brown sweet that becomes firm as it cools, prepared by heating butter with brown sugar until the mixture sets into a solid candy

例句

Auntie Mei brought a tin of homemade butterscotch for the New Year gathering.

The recipe calls for two tablespoons of melted butterscotch drizzled over the cake.

collocation: melted butterscotch drizzled over

同義詞
  • toffee

    also made with butter and sugar, but cooked at a higher temperature and often darker; toffee is harder and more brittle than butterscotch

  • caramel

    softer and chewier than butterscotch; made by heating white sugar until it browns, often with cream added

用法筆記

Butterscotch is usually treated as an uncountable substance (some butterscotch, a piece of butterscotch). When referring to individual candies, it may be used as a countable noun: 'She handed each child a butterscotch.'

常見錯誤

❌This caramel is too hard — it must be butterscotch.
✅This toffee is too hard
💡it must be butterscotch.' — Caramel is softer and chewier; butterscotch is closer in texture to toffee but uses brown sugar and has a lighter colour.