minced

/mɪnst/ (bre, ipa) · /mɪnst/ (ame, ipa)

minced — adjective

  • mincedpositive
  • mincedercomparative
  • mincedestsuperlative

1. cut or ground so the food becomes tiny bits, especially when talking about meat

1.形容詞B1
釋義

cut or ground so the food becomes tiny bits, especially when talking about meat prepared for cooking.

例句

Tanvi stirred minced beef into the tomato sauce for dinner.

minced beef in a pasta sauce

The cook sprinkled minced garlic over the hot noodles.

minced garlic over a finished dish

同義詞
  • ground

    common with meat, especially when it has gone through a machine

  • finely chopped

    broader phrase that does not always suggest as fine a texture

反義詞
  • chunky

    describes food left in clearly larger pieces

  • whole

    not cut up or broken down at all

文法句型

minced beef/garlic/pork

serve + minced + meat

用法筆記

Usually appears before a food noun. For meat, British English often says minced beef, while North American English more often says ground beef.

常見錯誤

❌Use chopped beef for the pie filling.
✅Use minced beef for the pie filling.
💡'minced' suggests much finer pieces than ordinary 'chopped'.