sun-dried

/ˈsʌn draɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsʌn draɪd/ (ame, ipa)

sun-dried — 形容詞

1. describes food — especially tomatoes, fruit, or herbs — that has been left outsi

1.形容詞B1
釋義

日曬的

利用陽光自然乾燥的食物

describes food — especially tomatoes, fruit, or herbs — that has been left outside in the sun to dry naturally, which concentrates its flavour and makes it last longer.

例句

Elena added a handful of sun-dried tomatoes to the pasta sauce for extra flavour.

Elena 在義大利麵醬裡加了一把日曬番茄乾，增添風味。

sun-dried tomatoes — most common collocation

Minho spread sun-dried apricot jam on his morning toast.

Minho 在早晨的吐司上抹了日曬杏桃果醬。

sun-dried + fruit (apricot)

同義詞
  • air-dried

    broader term — can refer to drying by air movement indoors, not necessarily in direct sunlight

  • dehydrated

    more technical — often implies mechanical removal of moisture rather than natural sun drying

  • dried

    more general — includes all drying methods, not specifically by the sun

反義詞
  • fresh

    not dried at all; in its natural state as picked or harvested

文法句型

sun-dried + noun

be sun-dried

用法筆記

Most commonly used before a noun (attributive position) to describe specific foods such as tomatoes, fruit, herbs, and mushrooms. Can also follow a linking verb (e.g. 'are', 'taste'), though this is less frequent. The hyphen is standard in formal writing, though 'sundried' appears informally.

常見錯誤

❌I bought some sundried tomatos.
✅I bought some sun-dried tomatoes.
💡The standard spelling uses a hyphen, and 'tomatoes' is the correct plural form.
❌Sun-dried tomatoes are just dried tomatoes in a machine.
✅Sun-dried tomatoes are dried naturally in the sun, not in a machine.
💡'Sun-dried' specifically means dried by sunlight, not by any artificial method.