bonbon
bonbon — 名詞
- bonbonsingular
- bonbonsplural
1. a small sweet, usually covered in chocolate, with a soft filling inside.
夾心糖
中間有軟餡的小糖果
a small sweet, usually covered in chocolate, with a soft filling inside.
Nora bought a box of bonbons for her grandmother's birthday visit.
Nora 買了一盒夾心糖，準備探望祖母時帶去。
collocation: a box of bonbons
The hotel left two bonbons on the pillow beside the folded robe.
旅館在枕頭旁那件摺好的浴袍邊，放了兩顆夾心糖。
Mauricio bit into the bonbon and found cherry cream in the middle.
Mauricio 咬開那顆夾心糖，發現中間是櫻桃奶油餡。
bonbon + soft filling inside
At the wedding, Yumi chose the dark chocolate bonbon with almond paste.
在婚禮上，Yumi 挑了那顆包著杏仁膏的黑巧克力夾心糖。
- box of bonbons
- chocolate bonbon
- filled bonbon
- soft-centred bonbon
用法筆記
Usually used for a small filled sweet sold individually or in a box, not for any ordinary piece of candy.
常見錯誤
2. a brightly coloured paper tube for Christmas parties that bursts when two people
拉炮
聖誕派對拉開會砰響的紙筒
a brightly coloured paper tube for Christmas parties that bursts when two people pull it apart and usually has a tiny gift, a tissue-paper crown, and a printed joke inside.
Christopher and Amira pulled the bonbon before dinner and laughed at the joke.
Christopher 和 Amira 在晚餐前拉開那個拉炮，看到裡面的笑話後都笑了。
pull a bonbon at a Christmas meal
Each guest found a bonbon beside the plate at the office Christmas lunch.
辦公室聖誕午餐時，每位來賓的盤子旁都放著一個拉炮。
When the bonbon cracked, Ishaan wore the paper hat all evening.
那個拉炮砰地一聲裂開後，Ishaan 整晚都戴著紙帽。
bonbon contains a paper hat
At midnight, the children argued over which bonbon had the biggest toy.
午夜時，孩子們爭著看哪個拉炮裡的玩具有最大。
- pull a bonbon
- paper bonbon
- bonbon joke
- bonbon hat
- Christmas cracker
the fuller and more widely understood term
- cracker
short form when the Christmas setting is already clear
用法筆記
This sense belongs mainly to British-style Christmas celebrations. In many other varieties of English, the usual term is Christmas cracker.