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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
- 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.