gyros

gyros — 名詞

1. A Greek-style pita wrap that is stuffed with slices of roasted meat, salad, and

1.名詞B1
釋義

希臘烤肉捲

夾烤肉與配料的皮塔捲

A Greek-style pita wrap that is stuffed with slices of roasted meat, salad, and sauce.

例句

After class, Beatriz bought gyros from the blue food truck outside campus.

下課後,Beatriz 在校園外的藍色餐車買了希臘烤肉捲。

The Greek cafe serves chicken gyros with tomato, onion, and cool yogurt sauce.

那家希臘咖啡館供應雞肉希臘烤肉捲,裡面有番茄、洋蔥和清爽的優格醬。

menu collocation: chicken gyros

同義詞
  • shawarma

    a similar wrapped meat dish from Middle Eastern cooking with different seasoning traditions

  • doner kebab

    a related spit-roasted meat wrap, especially common in Turkish and European contexts

  • wrap

    a broader word for food rolled in flatbread, without the specifically Greek style

用法筆記

Common in restaurant and takeaway English. It usually names the finished pita wrap rather than only the roasted meat inside it.

2. A shortened technical word for a gyroscope, a spinning device that helps a machi

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釋義

陀螺儀

讓機器維持方向或平衡的旋轉裝置

A shortened technical word for a gyroscope, a spinning device that helps a machine keep its direction or stay level.

例句

The pilot checked the gyros before the small plane left Tainan.

那位飛行員在小飛機離開臺南前先檢查了陀螺儀。

technical short form, often plural: check the gyros

A warning light came on when one of the gyros stopped working.

其中一個陀螺儀停止運作時,警示燈就亮了。

同義詞
  • gyroscope

    the full standard term, used more often in careful or formal writing

  • stabilizer

    a broader term for a part that keeps something steady, not always by spinning

用法筆記

Mostly used in technical talk about aircraft, ships, cameras, drones, and other equipment. It often appears in the plural when people describe a machine's instruments.