celery
celery — noun
1. A pale green or white plant with long, firm, crunchy stems that grow together in
A pale green or white plant with long, firm, crunchy stems that grow together in a bunch. People eat it raw in salads or with dips, or cook it in soups and other dishes.
Emily chopped two stalks of celery and added them to the pot of chicken soup.
chopped [amount] of celery + added to [dish]
The children dipped fresh celery sticks into peanut butter for an after-school snack.
celery sticks + 'dipped into' for eating with a dip
Kwame grew celery in his backyard garden and harvested the stalks in early autumn.
Ananya put some celery, carrots, and onions into the pot to make a soup base.
The recipe calls for three celery stalks, chopped into small pieces.
文法句型
stalk(s)/head(s)/stick(s) of celery
celery + noun (celery soup, celery salt, celery stalk)
用法筆記
Frequently uncountable (e.g., 'I like celery in my salad'), but countable when referring to individual stems or pieces (e.g., 'a stalk of celery', 'three celery sticks').