pottage
pottage — 名詞
- pottagesingular
- pottagesplural
1. a thick, hearty dish made by boiling vegetables in a pot, often with some meat a
濃湯；燉菜
用蔬菜和肉煮成的濃稠湯菜
a thick, hearty dish made by boiling vegetables in a pot, often with some meat added, until everything is soft.
Obi stirred the pottage slowly while the carrots and beans softened in the pot.
Obi 慢慢攪拌濃湯，鍋裡的紅蘿蔔和豆子越煮越軟。
collocation: stir the pottage; a pot of pottage
Eve served the pottage hot, with a thick slice of bread on the side.
Eve 把熱騰騰的燉菜端上桌，旁邊配了一大片麵包。
pattern: serve the pottage hot
The pottage was so thick that Shirin's spoon almost stood up in the bowl.
這鍋濃湯非常濃稠，Shirin 的湯匙幾乎可以立在碗裡。
After the long walk, Arjun finished two bowls of pottage and asked for more.
走了很長的路之後，Arjun 吃完兩碗燉菜，還想再來一碗。
uncountable use: two bowls of pottage
There was pottage for dinner, made with beans, onions, and a little bacon.
晚餐有一道燉菜，裡面加了豆子、洋蔥和一點培根。
用法筆記
Marked as both countable and uncountable: usually the food in general (a bowl of pottage), but it can also name one kind or serving.