"peanut" in Chinese (Traditional)
花生
Definition
Peanut 是一種可食用的小種子,長在地下的殼裡,常被烤來喫、加鹽喫,或做成花生醬。它也可以指生產這種種子的植物。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
在日常英語裡,'peanut' 通常指食物,而不是植物。常見搭配有 'peanut butter'、'peanut allergy'、'roasted peanuts' 和 'peanut oil'。在非正式英語中,'peanuts' 也可以表示很少的錢,例如:'They paid me peanuts.'
Examples
I ate a peanut after lunch.
我午飯後喫了一顆**花生**。
This cookie has peanuts in it.
這塊餅乾裡有**花生**。
She is allergic to peanuts.
她對**花生**過敏。
Can you grab some peanuts for the game tonight?
你今晚看比賽時能買點**花生**嗎?
I can't eat that sauce if it has peanut oil.
如果那種醬裡有**花生**油,我就不能喫。
They offered him peanuts for all that extra work.
那麼多額外工作,他們給他的報酬少得可憐,簡直是**花生米**。