crisps
/krɪsp/ (bre, ipa) · [krˈɪsps] /krɪsp/ (ame, ipa) · [krˈɪsps] /ˈkrisp How to pronounce crisp (audio)/ (ame, mw)
crisps — 名詞
1. thin fried potato slices sold in packets and eaten cold as a crunchy snack.
洋芋片
袋裝薄脆馬鈴薯片
thin fried potato slices sold in packets and eaten cold as a crunchy snack.
Diego bought two bags of salt and vinegar crisps for the train ride.
Diego 買了兩包鹽醋口味洋芋片，準備在火車上吃。
collocation: bag of crisps
At lunch, Joon traded his cheese sandwich for Maeve's barbecue crisps.
吃午餐時，Joon 用自己的起司三明治換 Maeve 的烤肉口味洋芋片。
flavour + crisps
A few broken crisps rattled around the bottom of the blue packet.
幾片碎掉的洋芋片在藍色包裝袋底部喀啦作響。
The children passed the crisps around while waiting for the fireworks.
孩子們一邊等煙火，一邊把洋芋片傳著吃。
- potato chips
the usual full term in North American English for the same snack
- chips
common short form in American English, but regionally confusing in Britain
文法句型
a bag of crisps
[flavour] crisps
share crisps
用法筆記
Chiefly British. In American English, the same snack is usually called potato chips, while chips in British English often means hot fried potato pieces served with a meal.
常見錯誤
2. baked fruit desserts topped with a sweet crumb mixture that turns crisp in the o
水果酥
上鋪酥粒的烤水果甜點
baked fruit desserts topped with a sweet crumb mixture that turns crisp in the oven.
Nora baked plum crisps because the market peaches were already gone.
Nora 烤了幾份李子水果酥，因為市場裡的桃子已經賣完了。
fruit name + crisps
We served the apple crisps warm with a spoon of vanilla ice cream.
我們把蘋果水果酥熱熱地端上桌，配一匙香草冰淇淋。
serve crisps warm
After dinner, Lakshmi carried berry crisps to the garden table.
晚餐後，Lakshmi 把幾份莓果水果酥端到花園桌上。
The small cafe sells pear crisps in deep ceramic dishes.
那間小咖啡館會把梨子水果酥裝在深陶盤裡販售。
- fruit crumble
a close British-style dessert, often with a softer topping
- cobbler
another baked fruit dessert, but with a thicker biscuit-like topping
文法句型
apple crisps
[fruit] crisps
serve crisps warm
用法筆記
Usually named by the fruit before crisps, such as apple crisps or berry crisps. This dessert is close to a crumble, but the topping is often described as crisper and more distinct.
crisps — 動詞
- crispspresent simple I / you / we / they
- crispses3rd person singular
- crispsing-ing form
- crispsedpast simple
1. to make food become dry and crunchy, or to become like that during cooking.
烤脆；變脆
加熱後變乾脆
to make food become dry and crunchy, or to become like that during cooking.
The hot oil crisps the onions before the soup goes into bowls.
熱油會先把洋蔥烤脆，再把湯裝進碗裡。
transitive: crisps the onions
A few extra minutes in the oven crisps the duck skin nicely.
烤箱裡再多幾分鐘，就能把鴨皮烤得很脆。
oven heat crisps food
As the bread cools, the thin crust crisps around the edges.
麵包放涼時，薄薄的外皮會在邊緣慢慢變脆。
The grill crisps the flatbread fast without drying the middle.
烤架很快就把薄餅烤脆，卻不會把中間烤乾。
- soften
describes food becoming less firm or crunchy
文法句型
crisps + object
[food] crisps in the oven
用法筆記
Often used for skin, crust, or thin slices heated in oil or an oven. This is the only sense here that works both with an object and without one.
2. to make hair form small tight curls or waves.
捲曲
使頭髮變成小捲
to make hair form small tight curls or waves.
The sea air crisps Nora's hair by the end of the ferry trip.
搭完渡輪後，海風會把 Nora 的頭髮吹得更捲。
crisps + hair
The spray crisps the front strands into tight little loops.
那瓶噴霧把前面的髮絲弄成一圈圈的小捲。
crisps hair into curls
On humid days, the heat crisps Maeve's fringe before school starts.
天氣潮濕時，熱氣會在上學前把 Maeve 的瀏海弄捲。
Too much salt water crisps the model's curls during the shoot.
太多鹽水會在拍攝時把模特兒的捲髮弄得更捲。
- straighten
makes the hair lie flatter instead of forming curls
文法句型
crisps + hair
crisps + hair into curls
用法筆記
Used mainly about hair rather than cloth or paper. It usually describes moisture, salt, or styling products making the hair look more tightly curled.
3. to leave a surface marked with small ripples, creases, or sharp folds.
起皺
使表面出現波紋摺線
to leave a surface marked with small ripples, creases, or sharp folds.
A cold wind crisps the lake surface before the first boat leaves.
第一艘船開走前，冷風已把湖面吹出細細的波紋。
crisps a surface into ripples
One careless fold crisps the map across the middle line.
只要折錯一次，就會把地圖中間那條線壓得起皺。
crisps paper into a crease
The noon sun crisps the poster into shallow waves on the wall.
中午的太陽把海報曬得起皺，在牆上鼓起淺淺的波浪。
A hard squeeze crisps the foil lid and leaves bright lines.
用力一擠，就會把鋁箔蓋壓得起皺，留下亮亮的線條。
- smooth
removes lines or unevenness from a surface
文法句型
crisps + surface
crisps + object into lines
用法筆記
This sense is used for thin flat surfaces such as paper, foil, water, or skin. Unlike sense 2, it is about wrinkles or ripples rather than curls in hair.