grease
/ɡriːs/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡriːs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgrēs/ (ame, mw)
grease — 名詞
1. a thick, slippery fatty substance used in cooking or on machines to help parts m
油脂；潤滑脂
厚而滑的脂狀油性物質
a thick, slippery fatty substance used in cooking or on machines to help parts move more easily.
A layer of grease covered the oven tray after the roast chicken.
烤雞烤完後，烤盤上覆著一層油脂。
a layer of grease — common noun phrase
The mechanic wiped black grease from his hands with a rag.
技師用抹布擦掉手上的黑色潤滑脂。
wipe grease from hands
Grease from the burger soaked through the paper bag on Diya's lap.
漢堡流出的油脂滲過紙袋，沾到 Diya 的腿上。
Old grease around the chain made the bicycle look dirty.
鏈條周圍的舊潤滑脂讓那台腳踏車看起來很髒。
The cook poured the hot grease into a metal tin to cool.
廚師把熱油脂倒進金屬罐裡放涼。
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. In cooking, it often means fat left after frying or roasting; with machines, it means the thick substance put on chains, gears, and hinges.
常見錯誤
grease — 動詞
- greasepresent simple I / you / we / they
- greases3rd person singular
- greasing-ing form
- greasedpast simple
1. to spread a thick oily substance on a surface or moving part so it moves smoothl
上油；抹油
在表面塗上油脂或潤滑脂
to spread a thick oily substance on a surface or moving part so it moves smoothly or does not stick.
Mateo greased the baking tin before spooning in the cake mixture.
Mateo 先在烤模上油，再把蛋糕麵糊舀進去。
grease + cooking surface
Please grease the door hinge so it stops squeaking at night.
請先替門鉸鏈上油，這樣晚上就不會吱吱作響。
grease + moving part
The bike shop greased Otis's chain during the free safety check.
腳踏車店在免費安全檢查時幫 Otis 的鏈條上了油。
Workers greased the metal rollers before starting the conveyor belt.
工人先替金屬滾輪上油，才啟動輸送帶。
Sophia greased her hands lightly before shaping the sticky dough.
Sophia 先在手上抹了一點油脂，再去整形那團黏手的麵團。
文法句型
grease + object
grease + object + before/so-clause
用法筆記
Usually takes a direct object such as a pan, hinge, chain, or roller. Common in cooking and maintenance instructions, often with a reason or time clause after it.