dark meat

IPA/ˈdɑːk miːt/
IPA/ˈdɑːrk miːt/

dark meat — 名詞

1. the browner, richer-tasting flesh found in a bird's legs and thighs — for exampl

1.名詞B2
釋義

腿肉；深色肉

雞、火雞等禽類腿部顏色較深的肉

the browner, richer-tasting flesh found in a bird's legs and thighs — for example on a chicken or turkey — as opposed to the paler breast.

例句

Liam always asks for dark meat because he loves the rich flavour of chicken thighs.

Liam 總是指定要腿肉，因為他很愛雞腿肉那種濃郁的味道。

ask for dark meat (preference over breast meat)

At the family dinner, Mizuki carved the turkey and saved the dark meat for her grandfather.

家庭聚餐時，Mizuki 切開火雞，把深色的腿肉留給她的爺爺。

carve / save the dark meat from a roast bird

常見搭配
  • prefer dark meat
  • carve the dark meat
  • dark meat from the legs
同義詞
  • leg meat

    plain everyday term for the same part

  • thigh meat

    narrower — only the thigh, not the whole leg

反義詞
  • white meat

    the paler, leaner breast meat of the same bird

用法筆記

Uncountable: say 'some dark meat' or 'a piece of dark meat', never 'a dark meat'. Contrasts directly with 'white meat' (the breast).

常見錯誤

I'll have a dark meat, please.
I'll have some dark meat, please.
it is uncountable, so it takes 'some' or 'a piece of', not 'a'.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • dark meat and white meat

常用片語

  • prefer dark meat
  • a piece of dark meat

介系詞搭配

  • dark meat from (the legs)