Word · Frequency #4203
biscuit
/ˈbɪskət/
noun
甜饼干;小饼干
a small flat sweet cake; the usual British word for a cookie
英式英语中常指甜饼干。
- 1.
A form of unglazed earthenware.
一种无釉陶器
- 2.
small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
用发酵粉或苏打发酵的小圆面包
- 3.
A light brown colour.
浅棕色
- 4.
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
各种小扁平甜饼(英式用语)
- 5.
A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
一种薄的椭圆形木片或其他材料,插入材料的配合槽中以提供粘合面和剪切强度
- 6.
A puck (hockey puck).
冰球
美式软饼;比斯吉;浅棕色;淡褐色;素烧陶器;素坯;木工椭圆榫片;饼干榫;冰球
In use
Would you like a biscuit with your tea?
She packed some biscuits for the school picnic.
These biscuits are soft and slightly sweet.
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Learner notes
Grammar Note
作‘饼干’讲时为可数名词;在英国英语中通常指甜饼干,在美国英语中指软烤饼。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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