jell
jell — 動詞
- jellpresent simple I / you / we / they
- jellshe / she / it
- jelledpast simple
- jelling-ing form
- gels3rd person singular
- gelledpast participle
1. to change from a liquid into a soft, firm solid — the way a thin sauce becomes a
凝結
液體變濃稠並凝固成軟固體
to change from a liquid into a soft, firm solid — the way a thin sauce becomes a wobbly dessert after cooling
After an hour in the fridge, Mei's fruit juice began to jell into a soft dessert.
Mei 的果汁在冰箱放了一小時後開始凝結成軟嫩的甜點。
collocation: begin to jell into [result]
The gravy began to jell around the sliced chicken as Hamid's plate cooled on the table.
Hamid 的盤子在桌上冷卻時，肉汁開始在雞肉切片周圍凝結。
intransitive: no object needed; visual cue — jelling at the edges first
Duncan let the hot stock jell for twenty minutes before spooning over the parsley layer.
Duncan 讓熱高湯凝結二十分鐘後，才舀上歐芹層。
collocation: let [liquid] jell for [time period]
When Ingrid used twice the water her recipe needed, the berry mixture stayed runny and never jelled.
當 Ingrid 用了食譜兩倍的水，莓果混合物一直水水的，根本沒有凝結。
collocation: never jelled — common negative form
Once the filling has jelled, slice it into squares and serve.
餡料凝結後，切成方塊就可以上桌了。
- begin to jell
- start to jell
- jell properly
- jell completely
- fail to jell
- jell into a solid
用法筆記
Common in cooking contexts. The variant spelling 'gel' is more frequent in British English for this sense.
常見錯誤
2. to develop into something clear, well-organised, and effective — said of ideas,
成形；凝聚
想法或團隊變得清晰、運作順暢
to develop into something clear, well-organised, and effective — said of ideas, plans, or groups of people working together
It took two meetings before the marketing team's ideas began to jell into a plan for the summer playground project.
開了兩次會，行銷團隊的想法才開始成形為夏季遊樂場專案的計畫。
collocation: ideas jell into [result]
The new band jelled quickly after their first small concert in the park.
新樂團在公園第一場小型演出後很快就凝聚起來了。
adverb pattern: jelled quickly
Amara's thoughts on the project finally jelled during her morning walk.
Amara 對這個專案的想法在晨間散步時終於成形了。
After weeks of awkward silence, Jun and Tomas finally jelled as a team and finished the report ahead of schedule.
經過幾週尷尬的沉默，Jun 和 Tomas 終於凝聚成一個團隊，還提前完成了報告。
collocation: jelled as a team
Kwame's argument for longer library hours only jelled when he showed the petition with eighty student signatures.
Kwame 主張延長圖書館開放時間的論點，在拿出有八十位學生簽名的連署書時才真正成形。
- ideas jell
- jell into a plan
- jell as a team
- jell quickly
- begin to jell
- finally jell
- coalesce
more formal; often used for separate elements merging into one whole
- crystallize
emphasises becoming sharp and well-defined, especially of ideas
- gel
variant spelling; more common in British English for the figurative sense
- come together
more general and conversational; works for both physical and abstract joining
- fall apart
to stop working well as a group or to lose coherence
文法句型
jell into + noun phrase
用法筆記
Typically used with abstract subjects such as ideas, plans, or teams. Often followed by 'into' to name the outcome. Distinguish from sense 1 (THICKEN AND SET), which describes a physical change.