baguette

IPA/bæˈɡet/
KK[bˌæɡˈɛt]IPA/bæˈɡet/

baguette — 名詞

  • baguettesingular
  • baguettesplural

1. a narrow French bread loaf with a crisp outside and a soft center

1.名詞B2
釋義

法國長棍

細長、外脆內軟的法式白麵包

a narrow French bread loaf with a crisp outside and a soft center

例句

Roya bought a warm baguette for the cheese picnic by the river.

Roya 為河邊的起司野餐買了一條熱騰騰的法國長棍。

buy a warm baguette — common bakery purchase

Mayumi tore the baguette into pieces and passed them around the table.

Mayumi 把那條法國長棍撕成幾塊，在餐桌旁分給大家。

常見搭配
  • fresh baguette
  • crusty baguette
  • slice a baguette
  • tear off a piece of baguette
同義詞
  • French stick

    another common name for this loaf, especially in British usage

  • loaf

    much broader; it does not specify the long narrow French shape

  • bread roll

    smaller and usually rounder, not a long crusty loaf

用法筆記

Usually names the plain loaf itself, not the ingredients inside it. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to a filled baguette eaten as a sandwich.

常見錯誤

I bought a baguette sandwich, without anything inside.
I bought a baguette.
sense 1 names the bread itself, not a filled sandwich.
The chef baked three baguette rolls.
The chef baked three baguettes.
baguette already names the whole loaf, so roll is unnecessary.

2. a sandwich made by splitting a piece of baguette and putting food inside it

2.名詞B2
釋義

長棍三明治

用長棍麵包夾餡料做成的三明治

a sandwich made by splitting a piece of baguette and putting food inside it

例句

Lakshmi grabbed a chicken baguette before getting on the afternoon train.

Lakshmi 在搭下午那班火車前，抓了一份雞肉長棍三明治。

filling + baguette — menu style naming pattern

Yan ordered a tuna baguette and a coffee from the station cafe.

Yan 在車站咖啡館點了一份鮪魚長棍三明治和一杯咖啡。

常見搭配
  • chicken baguette
  • tuna baguette
  • ham baguette
  • salad baguette
同義詞
  • sandwich

    the general category; much less specific about the bread shape

  • sub

    similar long filled sandwich, especially in American English, but usually on softer bread

  • filled roll

    broader and can be made with many kinds of smaller bread

用法筆記

Common on cafe and takeaway menus, especially when the filling is named before the word: tuna baguette, cheese baguette. Distinguish from sense 1, which names the bread before anything is added.

常見錯誤

I ordered a baguette and asked them to add ham.
I ordered a ham baguette.
in this sense, baguette can mean the prepared sandwich with its filling named.
The cafe sold plain baguettes in sense 2.
The cafe sold plain baguettes in sense 1.
sense 2 needs a filling inside the bread.