donut

IPA/ˈdəʊnʌt/
KK[dˈonˌʌt]IPA/ˈdəʊnʌt/

donut — 名詞

  • donutsingular
  • donutsplural

1. a sweet snack made from fried dough, often shaped like a ring or a round ball wi

1.名詞A2
釋義

甜甜圈

油炸甜麵點心，常呈環狀或包餡

a sweet snack made from fried dough, often shaped like a ring or a round ball with a sweet filling inside, and sometimes covered with icing, sugar, or chocolate

例句

Hoa bought a box of glazed donuts for the office meeting.

Hoa 買了一盒糖霜甜甜圈帶到辦公室會議上。

collocation: glazed donuts / box of donuts

The bakery on Elm Street sells fresh donuts every morning before eight.

Elm Street 上的那家麵包店每天早上八點前都會賣新鮮的甜甜圈。

常見搭配
  • glazed donut
  • jelly donut
  • chocolate donut
  • powdered donut
  • cake donut
  • yeast donut
  • donut shop
  • donut hole
  • box of donuts
  • dozen donuts
  • fresh donuts
  • assorted donuts
同義詞
  • doughnut

    original spelling variant, still common in British and formal American writing

  • friedcake

    dated or regional term rarely used in modern conversation

文法句型

a donut

donuts (plural)

用法筆記

The spelling donut is a simplified variant of doughnut. Both spellings are common in American English, but donut appears more often in brand names and casual writing. In British English, doughnut remains the standard spelling in formal texts. Countable noun — always requires an article or determiner (a donut, two donuts, the donut).

常見錯誤

I bought donut for breakfast.
I bought a donut for breakfast.
Donut is a countable noun and needs an article or quantifier.
She ate a donut with cream cheese.' (referring to a bagel)
She ate a bagel with cream cheese.
Donuts are sweet pastries, not savory bread rolls; cream cheese is typical with bagels, not donuts.
慣用語

donut hole

idiom

a small round piece of fried dough cut from the center of a ring-shaped donut, or a small ball-shaped pastry sold separately

donut hole 是甜甜圈中間被切下來的小圓球狀點心，通常單獨販售

Christopher ordered a bag of cinnamon donut holes to share with the group.

Donut holes are easier to eat than full-sized donuts at parties.

do donuts

idiom

to drive a vehicle in tight circles on purpose for fun, leaving circular skid marks on the ground

指刻意讓車輛在原地打轉、畫出圓圈的行為

The teenagers were doing donuts in the empty parking lot until security arrived.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • donut shop
  • donut pan
  • donut cutter
  • donut glaze