chevon

/ˈshevən/ (ame, mw)

chevon — noun

1. meat from a goat, prepared and eaten as a dish.

1.名詞C2
釋義

meat from a goat, prepared and eaten as a dish.

例句

At the Caribbean restaurant, João ordered chevon curry with rice and peas.

noun used as the main ingredient in a named dish

Many farms in Texas now raise goats to sell chevon at local markets.

uncountable: chevon as a product, no article or plural

同義詞
  • goat meat

    everyday plain term; far more common in speech than 'chevon'

  • cabrito

    Spanish-origin term used in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, usually for young goat

  • mutton

    in South Asian English, 'mutton' often refers to goat meat rather than sheep

文法句型

uncountable noun (no plural)

用法筆記

Uncountable, like 'beef' or 'pork'. Always singular, no article when speaking generally ('chevon is popular in…'), but takes 'the' or a quantity when referring to a specific portion ('the chevon on the menu', 'a piece of chevon').

常見錯誤

❌I ate two chevons for lunch.
✅I ate two pieces of chevon for lunch.
💡chevon is uncountable; use a quantity word for portions.
❌He cooked a chevon.
✅He cooked some chevon.' or 'He cooked a goat.
💡the animal is 'goat'; the meat from it is 'chevon'.