chopsticks

IPA/tʃˈɒpstɪks/
KK[tʃˈɑpstˌɪks]IPA/tʃˈɑːpstˌɪks/

chopsticks — 名詞

1. Thin sticks, usually made of wood, bamboo, or plastic, that are held in one hand

1.名詞B1
釋義

筷子

用於夾取食物的細長餐具

Thin sticks, usually made of wood, bamboo, or plastic, that are held in one hand and used in pairs to pick up pieces of food, especially in many East and Southeast Asian countries.

例句

Daichi used his chopsticks to pick up sushi and dip it in soy sauce.

Daichi 用筷子夾起壽司，再沾醬油。

collocation: pick up [food] with chopsticks

The children at the Vietnamese restaurant were learning to hold chopsticks for the first time.

那家越南餐廳的孩子們正在學習第一次拿筷子。

collocation: hold chopsticks

常見搭配
  • a pair of chopsticks
  • use chopsticks
  • hold chopsticks
  • pick up with chopsticks
  • disposable chopsticks
  • bamboo chopsticks
  • wooden chopsticks
  • plastic chopsticks
反義詞
  • fork

    A Western eating tool with prongs, used instead of chopsticks.

  • knife

    A bladed tool for cutting food, not typically used together with chopsticks for the same purpose.

文法句型

a pair of chopsticks

use + chopsticks

chopsticks + are

用法筆記

Always used in the plural form. A single stick is referred to as 'one of the chopsticks' or, less commonly, 'a chopstick'. The noun is usually preceded by 'a pair of' when referring to a complete set of two sticks.

常見錯誤

I eat rice with chopstick.
I eat rice with chopsticks.
The word is always plural; there is no singular countable form for the utensil.
I need two chopsticks.
I need a pair of chopsticks.
The pair is one unit; 'chopsticks' already refers to both sticks together.

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常用片語

  • a pair of chopsticks
  • a set of chopsticks

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