non-food
non-food — 形容詞
1. describing products that people buy but do not eat, such as cleaning agents, soa
非食品的
不屬於食品類的
describing products that people buy but do not eat, such as cleaning agents, soap, toilet paper, or pet food — used especially in shops and supermarkets to separate these from food items.
Maeve picked up some non-food items like shampoo and laundry detergent at the supermarket.
Maeve 在超市買了一些非食品類的東西，像是洗髮精和洗衣精。
non-food + noun collocation (items)
The store's non-food section sells cleaning supplies, batteries, and kitchen tools.
這家店的非食品區販售清潔用品、電池和廚房工具。
common noun: non-food section
Adina paid for her groceries together with the non-food products at the checkout counter.
Adina 在收銀檯把食品和非食品類產品一起結帳。
Zola saw that the non-food aisles had been rearranged to make room for fresh fruit.
Zola 看到非食品區的走道重新整理過，騰出了空間給新鮮水果。
Smaller shops often keep non-food goods such as stationery and batteries near the front door.
小型商店通常把文具和電池等非食品類商品放在靠近門口的地方。
- non-edible
less common in retail; focuses on the property of being unsafe to eat rather than the product category
- non-grocery
used specifically in retail contexts, especially for items not sold in the food aisles
- food
the category that non-food products are contrasted with in shops
文法句型
non-food + noun
用法筆記
This adjective is always placed before a noun and has no comparative or superlative form. It is most common in retail, inventory, and household contexts. The spelling without a hyphen (nonfood) is also accepted in American English.
常見錯誤
non-food — 名詞
1. a product that people do not eat, especially one sold in a shop next to edible g
非食品類
非食物的物品類別
a product that people do not eat, especially one sold in a shop next to edible goods; the plural form 'non-foods' is used for this whole category.
The cashier asked whether the basket contained any non-foods before weighing the fruit.
收銀員在秤水果之前，先問了購物籃裡有沒有非食品類的東西。
plural form non-foods in a retail scenario
Non-foods like toilet paper and dish soap are often near the back of the store.
衛生紙和洗碗精這類非食品類商品，通常放在商店後方附近。
Karim sorted the delivery into foods and non-foods before stocking the shelves.
Karim 將送來的貨分為食品和非食品類，再放到貨架上。
Supermarkets usually earn higher profits on non-foods than on fresh groceries.
超市在非食品類商品上的利潤，通常比生鮮食品高。
Sirin compared the prices of non-foods across three different online shops.
Sirin 比較了三家不同線上商店的非食品類價格。
- non-edible item
more formal; used in safety or regulatory writing
- household product
narrower — only covers cleaning and care items, not all non-foods
文法句型
the non-foods
non-foods + verb (plural)
用法筆記
The plural form non-foods appears far more often than the singular non-food in everyday use. The singular is rare and typically found only in inventory or data-classification contexts (e.g., 'is this item a food or a non-food?').