chopstick

IPA/ˈtʃɒpstɪk/
KK[tʃˈɑpstˌɪk]IPA/ˈtʃɑːpstɪk/

chopstick — noun

  • chopsticksingular
  • chopsticksplural

1. A thin stick, always used in pairs, for picking up and holding food — common in

1.名詞A2
釋義

A thin stick, always used in pairs, for picking up and holding food — common in East Asian dining.

例句

Yuki showed her young nephew the right way to hold chopsticks at the dinner table.

almost always plural: 'chopsticks', not 'a chopstick'

The small restaurant had a box of clean chopsticks near the front door.

collocation: clean chopsticks / wooden chopsticks

文法句型

a pair of chopsticks

eat (food) with chopsticks

pick up (food) with chopsticks

用法筆記

Almost always used in the plural form 'chopsticks'. The singular 'chopstick' is rare and refers to just one stick from a pair.

常見錯誤

❌I ate rice with a chopstick.
✅I ate rice with chopsticks.
💡the word is almost always plural, even when talking about one pair.
❌She used chopstick to eat noodles.
✅She used chopsticks to eat noodles.
💡always use the plural form.