caramelize
caramelize — 動詞
- caramelizepresent simple I / you / we / they
- caramelizeshe / she / it
- caramelizedpast simple
- caramelizing-ing form
1. of sugar, to melt and darken into caramel when it is heated.
焦糖化
糖加熱後融化變色，變成焦糖
of sugar, to melt and darken into caramel when it is heated.
The sugar in the pan slowly caramelized and turned a deep golden brown.
鍋裡的糖慢慢焦糖化，變成了深金褐色。
sugar as subject: sugar caramelizes (intransitive)
Felipe watched the sugar caramelize as the pan got hotter and hotter.
鍋子越來越熱，Felipe 看著糖逐漸焦糖化。
watch + object + bare verb: watch sugar caramelize
When sugar caramelizes, the whole kitchen fills with a warm, sweet smell.
糖開始焦糖化時，整間廚房都飄滿溫暖的甜香。
Apinya stirred the sugar gently so that it would caramelize evenly.
Apinya 輕輕攪拌砂糖，好讓糖均勻地焦糖化。
so that + sugar would caramelize
The sugar in Ishaan's saucepan began to caramelize after ten minutes on the stove.
Ishaan 的小鍋子在爐上放了十分鐘後，裡面的糖開始焦糖化。
- caramelise
alternative spelling of the same verb
用法筆記
Intransitive here: the subject is the sugar itself, not the cook. Compare sense 2, where a person caramelizes a food as the object.
常見錯誤
2. to cook food, such as onions or nuts, until it turns brown and tastes sweet from
裹上焦糖
把食物煮到變甜、變褐色或裹上焦糖
to cook food, such as onions or nuts, until it turns brown and tastes sweet from sugar.
Élise caramelized the onions in butter until they were soft and sweet.
Élise 用奶油慢炒洋蔥，直到洋蔥裹上焦糖、又軟又甜。
caramelize + food object: caramelize onions
Dylan caramelized a handful of walnuts to sprinkle over the ice cream.
Dylan 把一把核桃裹上焦糖，準備撒在冰淇淋上。
The restaurant puts caramelized onions on top of every burger.
這家餐廳每個漢堡上面都鋪著裹上焦糖的洋蔥。
participle before noun: caramelized onions
Adisa caramelized slices of pear in a pan with a little sugar.
Adisa 用平底鍋加少許糖，把幾片梨子煎到裹上焦糖。
The nuts were caramelized in sugar and then left to cool on paper.
堅果先用糖裹上焦糖，再放在紙上放涼。
passive: be caramelized in sugar
- caramelized onions
- caramelized nuts
用法筆記
Transitive: the object is a food, as in 'caramelized onions' or 'caramelized nuts'. Compare sense 1, where the sugar is the subject and nothing is cooked by a person.