marmalade

/ˈmɑːməleɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmɑːrməleɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmär-mə-ˌlād/ (ame, mw)

marmalade — noun

  • marmaladesingular
  • marmaladesplural

1. a spread for bread or toast, made by boiling oranges or other citrus fruit with

1.名詞B1
釋義

a spread for bread or toast, made by boiling oranges or other citrus fruit with sugar until the peel softens and the liquid sets into a clear, golden jelly. It has a sweet taste with a slight bitterness from the rind.

例句

Yelena spread thick-cut orange marmalade onto her slice of sourdough toast.

collocation: orange marmalade; spread marmalade on toast

Kwame stirred a spoonful of marmalade into his morning bowl of porridge.

同義詞
  • jam

    jam can be made from any fruit, while marmalade is always citrus-based and contains shreds of peel

  • preserve

    a preserve may contain whole fruit pieces in syrup, whereas marmalade features thin shreds of peel suspended in jelly

  • jelly

    jelly is clear and strained of all solid fruit matter; marmalade always includes visible pieces of citrus peel

  • conserve

    a conserve often includes nuts or dried fruit for added texture, which marmalade does not

用法筆記

Typically uncountable. The plural 'marmalades' is used only when referring to different types or varieties, e.g. 'a selection of artisan marmalades'.

常見錯誤

❌I spread some strawberry marmalade on my toast.
✅I spread some strawberry jam on my toast.
💡marmalade is made from citrus fruit and always contains peel; a strawberry spread is jam, not marmalade.