kale
kale — 名詞
1. a leafy green or purple vegetable with tightly curled or wrinkled edges, belongi
羽衣甘藍
葉片捲曲的綠葉甘藍蔬菜
a leafy green or purple vegetable with tightly curled or wrinkled edges, belonging to the cabbage family and often eaten raw in salads or cooked as a side dish
Chitra added a handful of chopped kale to her morning smoothie for extra vitamins.
Chitra 在早上的果昔中加入一小把切碎的羽衣甘藍，以補充更多維生素。
The garden at Yuki's house produced enough kale to share with all the neighbours.
Yuki 家的菜園收成的羽衣甘藍多到可以分給所有鄰居。
uncountable: enough kale to share
Liam baked kale chips in the oven until they turned crispy and lightly salted.
Liam 把羽衣甘藍放進烤箱烤成脆片，烤到酥脆且帶有淡淡的鹽味。
Elena prefers young kale leaves for salads because they are tender and less bitter.
Elena 偏好用嫩羽衣甘藍葉做沙拉，因為口感軟嫩且苦味較少。
Zahra's favourite way to cook kale is to steam it with garlic and lemon.
Zahra 最喜歡的羽衣甘藍做法是搭配大蒜和檸檬清蒸。
- cabbage
the broader vegetable family; kale is a cabbage variety that does not form a dense head
- collard greens
a similar leafy green with flat (not curly) leaves, common in Southern US cooking
- spinach
a different leafy green with milder flavour and softer texture, used in similar dishes
文法句型
bunch of kale
some kale
[variety] kale
用法筆記
Kale is almost always used as an uncountable noun ('a bunch of kale', 'some kale'). The plural 'kales' appears only when discussing different cultivated varieties.