leban

IPA/lˈɛbən/
IPA/lˈɛbən/

leban — 名詞

1. a sour milk food from the Middle East and North Africa that may be thin enough t

1.名詞C2
釋義

發酵乳

中東常見,可喝也可吃的酸味乳食品

a sour milk food from the Middle East and North Africa that may be thin enough to drink or thick enough to eat with a spoon.

例句

Lakshmi poured cold leban into glasses with lunch on the hot afternoon.

Lakshmi 在炎熱的午後配午餐倒了冰涼的黎班發酵乳來喝。

served as a cooling drink with a meal

Christopher spooned leban over rice and grilled chicken at dinner.

Christopher 晚餐把發酵乳淋在飯和烤雞上,用湯匙吃。

semisolid use: eaten with savory food

同義詞
  • fermented milk

    a broad category term, not the specific regional food called leban

  • yogurt drink

    can be similar in texture, but leban is a traditional Middle Eastern and North African food with its own name

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when you mean the food or drink in general. For one serving, speakers more often say a glass, bowl, or cup of leban than use the noun alone as a countable item.

常見錯誤

I drank a leban after lunch.
I drank a glass of leban after lunch.
💡When you mean one serving, English usually adds a container word such as 'glass' or 'bowl'.