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a caramel
caramel 指一颗颗焦糖糖果时是可数名词，单数用 a caramel。
Would you like a caramel?
你想要一颗焦糖糖吗？
卡拉梅尔糖；焦糖糖果
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
卡拉梅尔糖；焦糖糖果
firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar, butter, and milk
Would you like a caramel?
你想要一颗焦糖糖吗？
将糖和其他配料加热至糖聚合变粘制成的一种光滑、耐嚼、粘稠的糖果。
A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
由焦糖、黄油和牛奶制成的耐嚼硬糖
firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
一块这种糖果,有时已变硬。
A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
焦糖；用于给食物着色和调味
burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
I bought a box of soft caramels for my grandmother's birthday.
我给祖母的生日买了一盒软焦糖糖果。
She gave me a caramel after dinner, and it was sweet and chewy.
晚饭后她给了我一颗焦糖糖果，又甜又有嚼劲。
These caramels are made with butter, sugar, and a little salt.
这些焦糖糖果是用黄油、糖和一点点盐做的。
caramel 指一颗颗焦糖糖果时是可数名词，单数用 a caramel。
Would you like a caramel?
你想要一颗焦糖糖吗？
caramel 指焦糖酱或焦糖块这类物质时通常不可数，表示“一块”用 a piece of。
She put a piece of caramel on the cake.
她在蛋糕上放了一块焦糖。
复数形式 caramels 表示多颗焦糖糖果，作主语时动词用复数。
These caramels are soft and chewy.
这些焦糖糖又软又有嚼劲。
be made with 后接原料或成分，表示“用……做成”。
This chocolate is made with caramel.
这款巧克力是用焦糖做的。
Not this
I ate three caramel yesterday.
Use this
I ate three caramels yesterday.
caramel 指一颗颗的焦糖糖果时是可数名词，前面有数词 three 时应用复数形式 caramels；不要把糖果类食物一律当作不可数名词。
Not this
This tea tastes caramel.
Use this
This tea tastes like caramel.
caramel 是名词，不能直接跟在 taste 后作表语表示“尝起来有焦糖味”；表示味道时应在 taste 后加 like 再接名词，或用系表结构加形容词（如 caramelly）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
海盐焦糖
These salted caramels are my favorite.
这些海盐焦糖糖是我的最爱。
焦糖酱
Pour the caramel sauce over the ice cream.
把焦糖酱浇在冰淇淋上。
焦糖糖果
She bought some caramel candy at the store.
她在商店买了一些焦糖糖果。
焦糖苹果
We made caramel apples at the fall fair.
我们在秋季节庆上做了焦糖苹果。
耐嚼的焦糖糖
The box was full of chewy caramels.
盒子里全是耐嚼的焦糖糖。
Use caramel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 caramel 读成“咔啦梅尔”，想象梅子糖在锅里咔啦作响，慢慢熬成棕色焦糖。
语域：neutral 常见场景：candy shop、dessert menu、casual conversation about sweets 作为糖果义项时，caramel 是日常中性词，通常用于甜品店、菜单或闲聊中；食谱和商品描述里也比较常见。
表示焦糖这种物质时不可数；表示一颗颗的卡拉梅尔糖时可数，复数形式为 caramels。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.