flan

/flæn/ (bre, ipa) · /flæn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflän ˈflan/ (ame, mw)

flan — noun

  • flansingular
  • flansplural

1. a soft egg-and-milk dessert, usually baked in a dish and served with caramel on

1.名詞B1
釋義

a soft egg-and-milk dessert, usually baked in a dish and served with caramel on top.

例句

Sayaka chilled a caramel flan overnight for her cousin's birthday lunch.

chill a caramel flan overnight

At the cafe, Nora ordered flan with strong coffee after the meal.

order flan after a meal

同義詞
  • creme caramel

    almost the same dessert, but the French name sounds more formal or restaurant-style

  • custard

    broader word; custard can be a sauce as well as a set dessert

  • pudding

    broader everyday word for soft desserts, without the caramel layer implied by flan

文法句型

a caramel flan

bake / chill / serve flan

用法筆記

Often countable when you mean one finished dessert, as in 'a flan'. Distinguish it from sense 2, which names the open tart or pastry case rather than the soft egg dessert itself.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a flan shell and filled it with strawberries.
✅I bought a flan for dessert.
💡In this sense, flan means the soft egg-and-milk dessert, not the open pastry case in sense 2.

2. an open pastry or sponge base filled with fruit, cheese, eggs, or another sweet

2.名詞B2
釋義

an open pastry or sponge base filled with fruit, cheese, eggs, or another sweet or savory topping.

例句

Sofia arranged sliced peaches over the flan before the garden party.

fruit flan with slices on top

After lunch, Emre cut the cheese flan into six warm pieces.

cheese flan as a savory dish

同義詞
  • tart

    very close, especially for sweet versions; tart is the more general modern word

  • quiche

    only the savory egg-filled type, so it is narrower than flan

  • pie

    broader word; a pie often has pastry on top, while a flan stays open

文法句型

a fruit flan

a cheese flan

bake a flan

用法筆記

Mainly British. Use this sense for an open tart-like dish with no pastry lid; distinguish it from sense 1, the soft caramel custard dessert.

常見錯誤

❌The beef flan had a pastry lid.
✅The beef pie had a pastry lid.
💡A flan in this sense is open on top, unlike a covered pie.