chard

IPA/tʃɑːd/
KK[tʃˈɑrd]IPA/tʃɑːrd/

chard — noun

  • chardsingular
  • chardsplural

1. a leafy vegetable grown for its wide, deep-green leaves and colourful stalks — t

1.名詞B1
釋義

a leafy vegetable grown for its wide, deep-green leaves and colourful stalks — the leaves are cooked like spinach and the stalks like celery

例句

Amina stirred chopped chard leaves into the lentil soup for extra colour.

collocation: chard leaves (the leafy part)

Takeshi sautéed the red chard stalks with garlic and a little olive oil.

collocation: chard stalks (cooked separately from leaves)

同義詞
  • Swiss chard

    the full name; standard in UK and North American recipes and seed packets

  • silverbeet

    used in Australia and New Zealand; the everyday term there for the same vegetable

  • spinach beet

    an older name, still seen in traditional gardening books and heritage seed catalogues

用法筆記

Chard is usually uncountable — say 'some chard' or 'a bunch of chard', not 'a chard'. The stalks take longer to cook than the leaves, so cooks often separate them before preparing.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a chard at the market.
✅I bought some chard at the market.
💡chard is uncountable, like spinach or lettuce.
❌You should only eat chard leaves.
✅You can eat both chard leaves and chard stalks.
💡the stalks are fully edible and often cooked separately.