drinking chocolate

IPA/ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ tʃɒklət/
IPA/ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ tʃɔːklət/

drinking chocolate — noun

1. Drinking chocolate is a sweet powder made from cocoa that people stir into hot m

1.名詞B1
釋義

Drinking chocolate is a sweet powder made from cocoa that people stir into hot milk or water to prepare a warm beverage. The name is also used for the drink itself after it has been made.

例句

On cold winter evenings, Zayd likes to make a cup of drinking chocolate before bed.

collocation: a cup of drinking chocolate

The café offers three sizes of drinking chocolate with whipped cream on top.

collocation: drinking chocolate with whipped cream

同義詞
  • hot chocolate

    more common in everyday speech for the prepared drink; 'drinking chocolate' often implies the powder form

  • cocoa

    shortened form, especially in British English; can also refer to the raw ingredient without sugar

文法句型

a [quantity] of drinking chocolate

drinking chocolate + [prepared drink noun]

用法筆記

Drinking chocolate is an uncountable noun in both meanings (the powder and the drink). You can count servings with expressions such as 'a cup of' or 'a tin of'.

常見錯誤

I ordered a drinking chocolate at the café.
I ordered a cup of drinking chocolate at the café.
💡'drinking chocolate' is uncountable, so you need a unit phrase before it.