curdle
curdle — 動詞
- curdlepresent simple I / you / we / they
- curdleshe / she / it
- curdledpast simple
- curdling-ing form
1. to change a smooth liquid, usually milk, so that it thickens and breaks into sof
使凝結
使液體變稠並結成塊狀固體
to change a smooth liquid, usually milk, so that it thickens and breaks into soft solid pieces floating in watery liquid
Talia squeezed lemon juice into the warm milk to curdle it for the recipe.
Talia 把檸檬汁擠進溫牛奶裡，為了食譜讓它凝結成塊。
transitive: curdle + [liquid]
The cream curdled the moment Yuna stirred it into the hot tomato soup.
Yuna 一把奶油攪進熱番茄湯裡，它立刻就凝結了。
intransitive: [liquid] curdles
Cheese makers add a special starter so that fresh milk curdles into firm white lumps.
起司師傅加入特殊的發酵劑，讓新鮮牛奶凝結成結實的白色塊狀物。
Femi forgot the custard on the stove, and the heat made the eggs curdle.
Femi 忘了爐子上的卡士達醬，高溫讓蛋液凝結成塊。
Otis stirred vinegar into the boiling soup and watched the cream curdle into white flecks.
Otis 把醋攪進滾燙的湯裡，看著奶油凝結成白色的小碎片。
文法句型
[liquid] curdles
curdle + [liquid]
用法筆記
Often used about milk, cream, or eggs reacting to acid or heat. The change here is physical (lumps and separation) and can be done deliberately in cooking; distinguish from sense 2, where the milk has simply gone bad.
常見錯誤
2. if milk or a similar food curdles, it turns sour and is no longer fit to drink o
變酸壞掉
牛奶等食物變酸而不能再食用
if milk or a similar food curdles, it turns sour and is no longer fit to drink or eat
The milk had curdled after a week without power in the broken fridge.
壞掉的冰箱停電一週後，那盒牛奶已經變酸壞掉了。
[food] curdles, meaning it spoiled
Camille poured the cream away because it had curdled in the summer heat.
Camille 把鮮奶油倒掉，因為它在夏天的高溫裡已經壞掉變酸了。
Linh left the fresh cream on the kitchen table, and by evening it had curdled.
Linh 把鮮奶油留在廚房桌上，到了傍晚它就已經變酸壞掉了。
The yoghurt smelled awful, so Reema guessed it had curdled days ago.
優格聞起來很糟，所以 Reema 猜它幾天前就已經壞掉了。
Karim found the milk in his tent had curdled after two hot afternoons.
Karim 發現帳篷裡的牛奶在兩個炎熱的午後之後已經變酸壞掉了。
文法句型
[food] curdles
用法筆記
Subject is usually a dairy food that has been kept too long or too warm. Unlike sense 1, no person or acid acts on it on purpose; the food simply spoils on its own over time.