soba

IPA/ˈsəʊbə/
IPA/ˈsəʊbə/

soba — 名詞

1. a thin Japanese noodle prepared mainly from buckwheat rather than wheat, and eat

1.名詞C1
釋義

蕎麥麵

用蕎麥粉製成的日式細麵

a thin Japanese noodle prepared mainly from buckwheat rather than wheat, and eaten either in a warm soup or chilled with a dipping sauce

例句

Ryo ordered cold soba with a small bowl of dipping sauce.

Ryo 點了一份冷蕎麥麵，還附上一小碗沾醬。

cold soba for the chilled summer style

On a freezing night, Nikhil warmed up with a steaming bowl of soba.

在一個寒冷的夜晚，Nikhil 靠一碗熱騰騰的蕎麥麵暖了暖身子。

a bowl of soba for the uncountable pattern

同義詞
  • buckwheat noodles

    the plain English name for the same food, used when 'soba' might be unfamiliar

文法句型

soba

a bowl of soba

soba noodles

用法筆記

Usually uncountable, like 'pasta' or 'rice': say 'some soba' or 'a bowl of soba', not 'two sobas'. On English menus it often appears as 'soba noodles'.

常見錯誤

❌I ate two sobas for lunch.
✅I ate two bowls of soba for lunch.
💡soba is uncountable, so count the servings, not the noodles.
❌Soba is made from rice.
✅Soba is made from buckwheat.
💡buckwheat, not rice, is what sets soba apart from many other Asian noodles.