bacon

IPA/ˈbeɪkən/
KK[bˈekən]IPA/ˈbeɪkən/

bacon — 名詞

1. salt-cured strips of pork, usually taken from the pig's back or belly, often fri

1.名詞B1
釋義

培根；醃肉

豬背或腹部煙燻或鹽漬切片肉

salt-cured strips of pork, usually taken from the pig's back or belly, often fried until crisp and eaten at breakfast or in sandwiches.

例句

Tomás fried two rashers of bacon for his Saturday morning breakfast.

Tomás 週六早餐煎了兩片培根。

countable usage: rashers of bacon

The smell of bacon and eggs drifted up from the hostel kitchen downstairs.

培根配雞蛋的香味從樓下青年旅館的廚房飄了上來。

fixed pairing: bacon and eggs

常見搭配
  • crispy bacon
  • streaky bacon
  • smoked bacon
  • a rasher of bacon
  • bacon and eggs
同義詞
  • rasher

    British English for one thin slice of bacon, not the meat itself

  • gammon

    British English; cured hind-leg cut, eaten as a steak rather than fried strips

  • pancetta

    Italian cured pork belly, usually diced and cooked into pasta or stews

文法句型

a slice/rasher of bacon

bacon and eggs

用法筆記

Uncountable in the mass sense ('some bacon'); countable in 'a rasher/slice of bacon' or 'two bacons' (meaning two portions). Common collocations: streaky, smoked, crispy, back bacon.

常見錯誤

I ate three bacons for breakfast.
I ate three slices of bacon for breakfast.
bacon is normally uncountable; use 'slice', 'rasher', or 'strip' to count it.
a bacon' (meaning one strip)
a piece of bacon' or 'a rasher of bacon
the article 'a' on its own is unnatural for the meat.
慣用語

bring home the bacon

idiom

to earn the money that a family or household needs to live on; informally, to achieve a goal that brings clear, tangible success.

賺錢養家；成功達成目標

After Sivan was promoted to lead engineer, she finally felt she was bringing home the bacon.

The relay team brought home the bacon with a national record in the final lap.

save someone's bacon

idiom

to help someone escape from serious trouble or an awkward situation at the last moment.

及時解圍；救人脫困

Élise saved my bacon by lending me her notes the night before the chemistry exam.

Quick thinking by the lifeguard saved the boy's bacon when the current pulled him out.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • bacon sandwich
  • bacon strip
  • bacon rasher
  • bacon and eggs
  • bacon fat

常用片語

  • a slice of bacon
  • a rasher of bacon
  • crispy bacon
  • streaky bacon
  • smoked bacon

介系詞搭配

  • of (a slice of bacon)
  • with (eggs with bacon)