mangoes

mangoes — noun

1. a sweet fruit that grows in warm climates, with a thin outer skin that turns gre

1.名詞A1
釋義

a sweet fruit that grows in warm climates, with a thin outer skin that turns green, yellow, or red when ripe, and soft orange flesh surrounding a large flat seed

例句

Ingrid sliced a ripe mango and added it to her morning fruit bowl.

collocation: slice + mango

At the night market, Felix bought two bags of dried mangoes for his family trip.

同義詞
  • papaya

    another tropical fruit that is softer and less fibrous, with a milder sweetness

  • peach

    a stone fruit with similar juicy texture, but grows in temperate climates rather than tropical ones

  • pineapple

    a tropical fruit that is more acidic and fibrous, used in many of the same sweet and savoury dishes

用法筆記

Mangoes are countable when referring to individual fruits ('I ate two mangoes'), but uncountable when describing the fruit as a food substance or ingredient ('This salad has mango in it').

常見錯誤

❌I bought three mangos from the store.
✅I bought three mangoes from the store.
💡'mangoes' is the standard plural form in formal writing, though 'mangos' appears informally.