muffins

IPA/ˈmʌf.ɪn/
KK[mˈʌfənz]IPA/ˈmʌf.ɪn/

muffins — 名詞

  • muffinssingular
  • muffinsesplural

1. a small sweet baked food shaped like a cup, usually made with flour, eggs, sugar

1.名詞A2
釋義

瑪芬；鬆糕

小杯狀的甜蛋糕

a small sweet baked food shaped like a cup, usually made with flour, eggs, sugar, and often containing pieces of fruit, chocolate, or nuts — for example, a blueberry muffin or a chocolate-chip muffin.

例句

Jin baked a batch of blueberry muffins for the school bake sale on Saturday.

Jin 為學校的週六義賣會烤了一批藍莓瑪芬。

collocation: blueberry muffin / chocolate-chip muffin

The café on Elm Street sells warm chocolate muffins every morning before nine.

Elm 街那家咖啡館每天早上九點前都有賣溫熱的巧克力瑪芬。

常見搭配
  • blueberry muffin
  • chocolate-chip muffin
  • banana muffin
  • bake muffins
  • muffin tin
  • muffin pan
  • mini muffins
  • bran muffin
  • corn muffin
同義詞
  • cupcake

    a small cake with icing on top — sweeter than a muffin, usually eaten as a dessert

  • bun

    a small sweet bread roll, sometimes containing fruit, but usually rounder and not baked in a cup-shaped pan

文法句型

muffin + [flavour / ingredient]

bake + muffins

muffin + tin / pan

用法筆記

Countable noun used both as singular (a muffin) and plural (muffins). Frequently combined with ingredient names before the word, e.g., blueberry muffin, bran muffin, corn muffin.

常見錯誤

I ate a cupcake for breakfast.' (when meaning a simple muffin without icing).
I ate a muffin for breakfast.
A cupcake is a sweet cake with icing on top; a muffin is simpler and usually has no icing.

2. a small flat round bread made from dough cooked on a griddle, usually split open

2.名詞B1
釋義

英式圓麵餅

扁圓麵包，對切烤來吃

a small flat round bread made from dough cooked on a griddle, usually split open horizontally, toasted, and eaten with butter, jam, or savoury toppings like eggs or cheese.

例句

Minh toasted an English muffin and spread butter on both halves for breakfast.

Minh 烤了一塊英式圓麵餅，切開塗上奶油當早餐。

verb pattern: toast + English muffin + spread + [topping]

Heloísa ordered eggs Benedict, which came on two toasted English muffins with ham.

Heloísa 點了班尼迪克蛋，搭配兩片烤過的英式圓麵餅和火腿。

dish: eggs Benedict on English muffin

常見搭配
  • English muffin
  • toasted muffin
  • buttered muffin
  • split a muffin
  • whole-wheat English muffin
  • muffin with eggs
  • eggs Benedict
同義詞
  • crumpet

    a British griddle bread similar to an English muffin, but softer and full of small holes on top

  • bread roll

    a small round bread that is softer and not split before toasting

文法句型

English muffin

toast + [a] muffin

muffin + [topping]

用法筆記

In the United States, this sense is always called an English muffin to distinguish it from sense 1. Outside the US it is often simply called a muffin, though this can cause confusion with the sweet cake-like muffin.

常見錯誤

I bought a sweet blueberry English muffin from the bakery.
I bought a sweet blueberry muffin from the bakery.
An English muffin (sense 2) is a flat bread, not sweet; a blueberry muffin (sense 1) is a sweet cake-like baked good.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • muffin tin
  • muffin pan
  • muffin top
  • muffin mix
  • muffin recipe

常用片語

  • bake a batch of muffins
  • a dozen muffins
  • muffins and coffee
  • fresh from the oven muffins

介系詞搭配

  • muffin with [ingredient]
  • muffin for [meal]