wakame

/ˈwæk.ə.meɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /wəˈkɑː.meɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /wä-ˈkä-me/ (ame, mw)

wakame — 名詞

1. an edible dark green seaweed harvested from the Pacific near Japan, Korea, and C

1.名詞B1
釋義

裙帶菜

日韓料理中使用的可食用海藻

an edible dark green seaweed harvested from the Pacific near Japan, Korea, and China, and commonly added to soups, salads, and side dishes in those regions

例句

James added a handful of dried wakame to the miso soup for extra flavour.

James 在味噌湯裡加了一把乾裙帶菜增添風味。

collocation: dried wakame / miso soup

The supermarket near Ines's house sells fresh wakame salad in a small plastic box.

Ines 家附近的超市有賣小塑膠盒裝的新鮮裙帶菜沙拉。

collocation: fresh wakame salad

同義詞
  • seaweed

    much broader category; wakame is one specific type of edible seaweed

  • nori

    a different type of seaweed (dried in sheets); nori is used for sushi rolls, while wakame is used in soups and salads

  • kombu

    another type of seaweed used for making stock (dashi); wakame is softer and used as an ingredient rather than as a flavouring base

用法筆記

Wakame is an uncountable noun in English, so it takes singular verb forms (e.g., 'Wakame is rich in minerals,' not 'Wakame are rich'). The word comes from Japanese and is commonly used without an article in ingredient lists.

常見錯誤

I bought a wakame for the soup.
I bought some wakame for the soup.
💡Wakame is uncountable; use 'some' or a quantity word rather than 'a/an'.