grits

IPA/ɡrɪts/
KK[ɡrˈɪts]IPA/ɡrɪts/

grits — 名詞

1. a warm soft food made from rough pieces of dried corn boiled in water or milk, e

1.名詞C1
釋義

玉米粗粉粥

用粗碾玉米煮成的早餐粥，美國南方主食

a warm soft food made from rough pieces of dried corn boiled in water or milk, eaten especially at breakfast across the American South.

例句

Vikram ordered grits with butter and a fried egg at the diner in Atlanta.

Vikram 在亞特蘭大那間餐館點了玉米粗粉粥，搭配奶油和一顆煎蛋。

typical breakfast collocation: grits with butter / eggs

Grandma Nora stirred the grits slowly so they would not stick to the bottom of the pot.

Nora 奶奶慢慢攪拌玉米粗粉粥，免得鍋底燒焦。

cooking verb: stir / cook grits

常見搭配
  • a bowl of grits
  • cheesy grits
  • shrimp and grits
  • buttered grits
  • cook / stir / serve grits
同義詞
  • hominy

    the dried treated corn kernels used to make grits; closely related but not the same dish.

  • polenta

    an Italian dish from coarsely ground corn — similar idea but different culinary tradition and usually firmer texture.

文法句型

grits + are/is

a bowl of grits

用法筆記

Treated as a plural noun in form but often takes a singular verb when seen as one dish (`grits is a southern staple`); plural verbs appear when the texture or batch is in focus (`the grits were too salty`). Strongly associated with the American South — outside that region the word is rare and may need a brief explanation.

常見錯誤

I ate a grit for breakfast.
I ate some grits for breakfast.
grits is never singular; the word has no singular form for the food.
I cooked rice grits this morning.
I cooked grits this morning.
grits is made from corn, not rice; the word alone already means the corn dish.

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常用片語

  • shrimp and grits
  • cheesy grits
  • buttered grits
  • a southern breakfast

介系詞搭配

  • a bowl of grits
  • grits with butter / cheese / shrimp