deep-fried
deep-fried — adjective
1. describes food that has been cooked in a large amount of very hot oil that compl
describes food that has been cooked in a large amount of very hot oil that completely covers it, giving the outside a crisp texture and a brown or golden colour
At the night market, Yuki bought a box of deep-fried oysters and shared them with her friends.
collocation: deep-fried + seafood or vegetable type
Theo prefers deep-fried fish to grilled fish because the coating stays crispy.
comparison structure: prefers A to B
The kitchen was filled with the smell of deep-fried chicken wings.
Most deep-fried foods contain more oil than baked or steamed dishes.
用法筆記
Can be used before a noun as a modifier (deep-fried chicken) or after a linking verb (The spring rolls are deep-fried).
常見錯誤
deep-fried — verb
1. to cook food by placing it in a large quantity of very hot oil that completely c
to cook food by placing it in a large quantity of very hot oil that completely covers it, usually until the outside becomes crisp and turns brown or golden
To make the perfect tempura, you need to deep-fry the shrimp for no more than two minutes.
infinitive purpose clause: To make..., deep-fry + for + time
Aunt Clara deep-fried the spring rolls until they turned a light golden brown.
past tense + until + colour result clause
You can deep-fry almost any vegetable, but pumpkin and zucchini work especially well.
Diego learned to deep-fry fish from his grandmother, who ran a small restaurant by the beach.
- fry
broader term that includes both shallow and deep frying
- cook in oil
longer descriptive alternative, less common as a single cooking term
文法句型
deep-fry + food
deep-fry + food + in + oil/pan
用法筆記
The verb is always transitive — the object is the food being cooked. The container or cooking oil is introduced with 'in' (deep-fry the chicken in vegetable oil). The past tense and past participle are both deep-fried.