butter

/ˈbʌtə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbʌtər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbə-tər/ (ame, mw) · /ˈbʌt.ər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/ (ame, ipa)

butter — 名詞

  • buttersingular
  • buttersplural

1. a soft, pale-yellow food made by churning the fatty part of milk; people put it

1.名詞A1
釋義

奶油

用牛奶脂肪做的淡黃色塗抹食品

a soft, pale-yellow food made by churning the fatty part of milk; people put it on bread or use it for cooking and baking.

例句

Lina spread soft butter on her warm toast for breakfast.

Lina 把軟奶油塗在熱熱的吐司上當早餐。

spread + butter + on bread / toast

Grandma melted a little butter in the pan before adding the eggs.

奶奶在加蛋之前，先在平底鍋裡融化一點奶油。

melt + butter (cooking)

同義詞
  • margarine

    a cheaper plant-oil substitute; not real dairy butter

  • spread

    general word for any soft food you put on bread, including butter

用法筆記

Uncountable in this sense; say 'some butter' or 'a piece of butter', not 'a butter'. To count portions, use 'a pat of butter', 'a stick of butter', or 'a knob of butter'.

常見錯誤

❌Can I have a butter, please?
✅Can I have some butter, please?
💡butter is uncountable here; use 'some' or a unit like 'a pat of'.

2. a thick, soft paste made by crushing nuts or seeds, eaten as food (like peanut b

2.名詞A2
釋義

堅果醬；籽脂

堅果或種子磨成的濃稠抹醬或保養油脂

a thick, soft paste made by crushing nuts or seeds, eaten as food (like peanut butter) or used in skin and hair products (like shea butter).

例句

Yuki packed peanut butter sandwiches for the school trip on Friday.

Yuki 為週五的校外教學準備了花生醬三明治。

peanut butter (food, compound noun)

This hand cream contains shea butter from West Africa.

這款護手霜含有來自西非的乳油木果油。

shea butter (cosmetic ingredient)

同義詞
  • paste

    a more general word for any thick, smooth, spreadable mixture

  • spread

    any soft food put on bread, including nut butters

文法句型

[noun] + butter (e.g. peanut butter, almond butter, shea butter)

用法筆記

Almost always appears as a compound: 'peanut/almond/cashew/shea/cocoa butter'. Standing alone, just 'butter' usually means the dairy spread (sense 1).

常見錯誤

❌I love butter from peanuts.
✅I love peanut butter.
💡English uses the compound 'peanut butter', not 'butter from peanuts'.

3. a sweet, smooth preserve made by slowly cooking fruit with sugar until it become

3.名詞B2
釋義

水果抹醬

水果加糖慢熬成的濃稠抹醬，非果醬

a sweet, smooth preserve made by slowly cooking fruit with sugar until it becomes thick enough to put on bread, often with no actual butter inside.

例句

Aunt Rosa makes apple butter every autumn and stores it in mason jars.

Rosa 阿姨每年秋天都會做蘋果抹醬，裝進玻璃罐保存。

apple butter (compound)

The farmers' market sells homemade pumpkin butter and pear butter near the bakery.

農夫市集在麵包攤旁邊賣自製的南瓜抹醬和洋梨抹醬。

pumpkin butter / pear butter

同義詞
  • jam

    a fruit spread that keeps pieces of fruit; fruit butter is smoother and thicker

  • preserve

    an umbrella word for jams, jellies, and fruit butters

  • conserve

    a fancier word for a thick fruit preserve, often with whole fruit

文法句型

[fruit] + butter (e.g. apple butter, pumpkin butter)

用法筆記

Used as a compound with a fruit name ('apple butter', 'pumpkin butter'). Distinguish from sense 1: this contains no dairy. Most common in American English; British speakers may say 'fruit cheese' or 'curd' for similar products.

butter — 動詞