crisps
/krɪsp/ (bre, ipa) · [krˈɪsps] /krɪsp/ (ame, ipa) · [krˈɪsps] /ˈkrisp How to pronounce crisp (audio)/ (ame, mw)
crisps — noun
1. thin fried potato slices sold in packets and eaten cold as a crunchy snack.
thin fried potato slices sold in packets and eaten cold as a crunchy snack.
Diego bought two bags of salt and vinegar crisps for the train ride.
collocation: bag of crisps
At lunch, Joon traded his cheese sandwich for Maeve's barbecue crisps.
flavour + crisps
A few broken crisps rattled around the bottom of the blue packet.
The children passed the crisps around while waiting for the fireworks.
- potato chips
the usual full term in North American English for the same snack
- chips
common short form in American English, but regionally confusing in Britain
文法句型
a bag of crisps
[flavour] crisps
share crisps
用法筆記
Chiefly British. In American English, the same snack is usually called potato chips, while chips in British English often means hot fried potato pieces served with a meal.
常見錯誤
2. baked fruit desserts topped with a sweet crumb mixture that turns crisp in the o
baked fruit desserts topped with a sweet crumb mixture that turns crisp in the oven.
Nora baked plum crisps because the market peaches were already gone.
fruit name + crisps
We served the apple crisps warm with a spoon of vanilla ice cream.
serve crisps warm
After dinner, Lakshmi carried berry crisps to the garden table.
The small cafe sells pear crisps in deep ceramic dishes.
- fruit crumble
a close British-style dessert, often with a softer topping
- cobbler
another baked fruit dessert, but with a thicker biscuit-like topping
文法句型
apple crisps
[fruit] crisps
serve crisps warm
用法筆記
Usually named by the fruit before crisps, such as apple crisps or berry crisps. This dessert is close to a crumble, but the topping is often described as crisper and more distinct.
crisps — verb
- crispspresent simple I / you / we / they
- crispses3rd person singular
- crispsing-ing form
- crispsedpast simple
1. to make food become dry and crunchy, or to become like that during cooking.
to make food become dry and crunchy, or to become like that during cooking.
The hot oil crisps the onions before the soup goes into bowls.
transitive: crisps the onions
A few extra minutes in the oven crisps the duck skin nicely.
oven heat crisps food
As the bread cools, the thin crust crisps around the edges.
The grill crisps the flatbread fast without drying the middle.
- soften
describes food becoming less firm or crunchy
文法句型
crisps + object
[food] crisps in the oven
用法筆記
Often used for skin, crust, or thin slices heated in oil or an oven. This is the only sense here that works both with an object and without one.
2. to make hair form small tight curls or waves.
to make hair form small tight curls or waves.
The sea air crisps Nora's hair by the end of the ferry trip.
crisps + hair
The spray crisps the front strands into tight little loops.
crisps hair into curls
On humid days, the heat crisps Maeve's fringe before school starts.
Too much salt water crisps the model's curls during the shoot.
- straighten
makes the hair lie flatter instead of forming curls
文法句型
crisps + hair
crisps + hair into curls
用法筆記
Used mainly about hair rather than cloth or paper. It usually describes moisture, salt, or styling products making the hair look more tightly curled.
3. to leave a surface marked with small ripples, creases, or sharp folds.
to leave a surface marked with small ripples, creases, or sharp folds.
A cold wind crisps the lake surface before the first boat leaves.
crisps a surface into ripples
One careless fold crisps the map across the middle line.
crisps paper into a crease
The noon sun crisps the poster into shallow waves on the wall.
A hard squeeze crisps the foil lid and leaves bright lines.
- smooth
removes lines or unevenness from a surface
文法句型
crisps + surface
crisps + object into lines
用法筆記
This sense is used for thin flat surfaces such as paper, foil, water, or skin. Unlike sense 2, it is about wrinkles or ripples rather than curls in hair.