grits

/ɡrɪts/ (bre, ipa) · [ɡrˈɪts] /ɡrɪts/ (ame, ipa) · [ɡrˈɪts] /ˈgrits/ (ame, mw)

grits — noun

1. a warm soft food made from rough pieces of dried corn boiled in water or milk, e

1.名詞C1
釋義

a warm soft food made from rough pieces of dried corn boiled in water or milk, eaten especially at breakfast across the American South.

例句

Vikram ordered grits with butter and a fried egg at the diner in Atlanta.

typical breakfast collocation: grits with butter / eggs

Grandma Nora stirred the grits slowly so they would not stick to the bottom of the pot.

cooking verb: stir / cook grits

同義詞
  • hominy

    the dried treated corn kernels used to make grits; closely related but not the same dish.

  • polenta

    an Italian dish from coarsely ground corn — similar idea but different culinary tradition and usually firmer texture.

文法句型

grits + are/is

a bowl of grits

用法筆記

Treated as a plural noun in form but often takes a singular verb when seen as one dish (`grits is a southern staple`); plural verbs appear when the texture or batch is in focus (`the grits were too salty`). Strongly associated with the American South — outside that region the word is rare and may need a brief explanation.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a grit for breakfast.
✅I ate some grits for breakfast.
💡grits is never singular; the word has no singular form for the food.
❌I cooked rice grits this morning.
✅I cooked grits this morning.
💡grits is made from corn, not rice; the word alone already means the corn dish.