egg

IPA/eɡ/
KK[ˈɛɡ]IPA/eɡ/

egg — 名詞

  • eggsingular
  • eggsplural

1. a hard-shelled oval object laid by a hen or other female bird, often boiled, fri

1.名詞A1
釋義

雞蛋

鳥類產下的硬殼食物

a hard-shelled oval object laid by a hen or other female bird, often boiled, fried, or used as an ingredient in cooking

例句

Keiko cracked two eggs into the bowl and began whisking.

Keiko 打了兩顆雞蛋到碗裡，然後開始攪拌。

collocation: crack an egg

Nadia bought a dozen eggs at the market on Saturday morning.

Nadia 星期六早上在市場買了一打雞蛋。

常見錯誤

❌I ate two egg yolks for breakfast.' (when you mean whole eggs).
✅I ate two eggs for breakfast.
💡A yolk is only the yellow part inside; the whole thing is called an egg.

2. an object made to look like a hen's egg, often used as a decoration or a sweet

2.名詞A2
釋義

蛋形物

雞蛋形狀的製品或裝飾

an object made to look like a hen's egg, often used as a decoration or a sweet

例句

Amara unwrapped a small chocolate egg from the gold foil.

Amara 拆開金色鋁箔紙裡的一顆小型巧克力蛋。

The children hunted for painted eggs in the garden all afternoon.

孩子們整個下午都在花園裡尋找彩蛋。

cultural reference: Easter egg hunt

3. the small round body that a female bird, reptile, fish, or insect lays, with a g

3.名詞B1
釋義

卵

鳥類或爬蟲類產下的生殖體

the small round body that a female bird, reptile, fish, or insect lays, with a growing baby inside that will hatch when ready

例句

A robin laid three blue eggs in the tree outside Fatima's window.

一隻知更鳥在 Fatima 窗外那棵樹上產下了三顆藍色的卵。

collocation: lay eggs

The turtle buried her eggs deep in the warm sand at dawn.

那隻海龜在黎明時分將卵深深埋進溫暖的沙子裡。

同義詞
  • roe

    specifically fish eggs, often eaten as food

  • spawn

    the mass of eggs laid by fish, frogs, or other water creatures

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1 (CHICKEN EGG): this sense refers to eggs in nature that are meant to hatch, not eggs produced for food.

常見錯誤

❌The hen laid an egg and a chick came out the next day.' (when talking about a shop-bought egg).
✅The hen sat on the egg until the chick hatched.
💡Most eggs we eat (sense 1) are not fertilised and will never hatch.

4. the tiny cell inside a woman or female animal that can join with a male cell to

4.名詞B2
釋義

卵子

雌性動物的生殖細胞

the tiny cell inside a woman or female animal that can join with a male cell to start a pregnancy

例句

Doctors can now freeze a woman's eggs for future pregnancy attempts.

醫生現在可以冷凍女性的卵子，以供日後嘗試懷孕。

collocation: freeze eggs

Ines learned about how eggs are released during the monthly cycle.

Ines 學習了卵子在每月經期中如何被釋放出來。

同義詞
  • ovum

    formal scientific term for the same cell

用法筆記

Scientific and medical term. In everyday conversation, people often use 'egg' loosely for both the food item (sense 1) and the reproductive cell (sense 4), but the two are distinct concepts.

5. an ice hockey result in which neither side scores a goal, leaving both teams at

5.名詞C1
釋義

零分

冰球賽中零比零的比數

an ice hockey result in which neither side scores a goal, leaving both teams at zero

例句

After a tense match, both teams logged eggs and went to overtime.

一場緊張的比賽後，兩隊都掛了零分，進入延長賽。

sports slang: eggs = zero score

The goalie's heroics kept the score at eggs for the visiting side.

守門員的英勇表現讓客隊的分數保持在零分。

同義詞
  • goose egg

    informal North American term for a zero score in any sport

用法筆記

Only used in ice hockey commentary. The term is rare; most other sports use 'nil', 'zero', or 'shutout' for a scoreless result.

egg — 動詞