sauerkraut

IPA/ˈsaʊəkraʊt/
KK[sˈaʊɚkrˌaʊt]IPA/ˈsaʊərkraʊt/

sauerkraut — 名詞

1. a food made by letting shredded cabbage turn sour in salty liquid, often served

1.名詞C1
釋義

德式酸菜

把高麗菜切絲後發酵做成的酸菜

a food made by letting shredded cabbage turn sour in salty liquid, often served warm with sausages, pork, or other rich meat.

例句

Mira piled warm sauerkraut onto the sausage in her paper tray.

Mira 把溫熱的德式酸菜堆在紙盤裡的香腸上。

typical serving: warm sauerkraut with sausage

The cook simmered sauerkraut with apples before serving the pork chops.

廚師先把德式酸菜和蘋果一起燉煮，再端上豬排。

collocation: sauerkraut with apples and pork

同義詞
  • pickled cabbage

    a broader descriptive term; it can cover other vinegar-based cabbage dishes, not only the central European fermented style

  • fermented cabbage

    a plain descriptive phrase that explains the process but sounds less like a fixed dish name

文法句型

some sauerkraut

a jar of sauerkraut

serve sauerkraut with [meat]

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. People normally talk about 'some sauerkraut' or 'a jar of sauerkraut', not 'a sauerkraut'. It is especially common in German and central European food contexts, often with sausage or pork.

常見錯誤

❌We ordered two sauerkrauts with lunch.
✅We ordered two portions of sauerkraut with lunch.
💡sauerkraut is usually uncountable, so count the serving instead of the food.
❌She made sauerkraut by boiling cabbage for ten minutes.
✅She made sauerkraut by fermenting shredded cabbage in salty liquid.
💡sauerkraut is made through fermentation, not by briefly boiling plain cabbage.