peas
peas — 名詞
- peassingular
- peasesplural
1. a small, round, bright green seed that grows in a row inside a long pod and is c
豌豆
可食用的圓形綠色種子
a small, round, bright green seed that grows in a row inside a long pod and is cooked as food
Yumi spooned a pile of bright green peas onto her dinner plate.
Yumi 把一堆鮮綠的豌豆舀到她的晚餐盤上。
countable food noun, almost always used in the plural 'peas'
The soup was full of carrots, peas, and small chunks of potato.
這碗湯裡滿是紅蘿蔔、豌豆和切成小塊的馬鈴薯。
Sven hates peas, so he always pushes them to the side of his plate.
Sven 討厭豌豆，所以總是把它們撥到盤子邊邊。
Fresh peas taste much sweeter than the ones that come in a can.
新鮮的豌豆比罐頭裡的甜多了。
Grandma shelled the peas, dropping each one into a metal bowl.
奶奶剝著豌豆，把每一顆都丟進金屬碗裡。
- garden pea
the ordinary edible variety; the same thing in everyday cooking
- green pea
stresses the colour; common on menus and frozen-food packaging
用法筆記
Usually plural ('peas') when talking about the food; the singular 'pea' shows up mainly in compounds like 'pea soup', 'split pea', or 'one pea'.
常見錯誤
2. a climbing garden plant that has white blossoms and grows long pods full of roun
豌豆植株
會攀爬、結出豌豆莢的植物
a climbing garden plant that has white blossoms and grows long pods full of round green seeds
Kabir planted rows of peas along the sunny fence in his back garden.
Kabir 在後院向陽的籬笆旁種了一排排豌豆。
collocation: plant / grow peas
The pea climbs upward by curling its thin green stems around a wooden stick.
這株豌豆靠著把細細的綠莖纏在木棍上往上爬。
singular 'pea' refers to the whole growing plant
Heloísa grows peas, beans, and tomatoes in the small plot behind her kitchen.
Heloísa 在廚房後面的小菜圃種豌豆、豆子和番茄。
By late spring the pea plants had climbed right to the top of the netting.
到了晚春，那些豌豆植株已經爬到了網子的最頂端。
Each pea plant needs a tall stick or string to climb as it grows.
每株豌豆都需要一根高的木棍或繩子讓它攀爬生長。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this is the whole growing plant (often called the 'pea plant' or 'pea vine'), not the seed you eat off the plate.