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a head of cauliflower
head 在这里作量词，表示“一棵/一颗”；花椰菜作食物讲时通常不加 -s。
She bought a head of cauliflower at the market.
她在市场买了一颗花椰菜。
花椰菜；菜花
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花椰菜；菜花
a plant with a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
She bought a head of cauliflower at the market.
她在市场买了一颗花椰菜。
花椰菜,一种甘蓝变种,其花簇和嫩芽作蔬菜
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
一种植物,具有大而可食用的白色花蕾头
a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
花椰菜的食用花球
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
紧密的白色未发育花朵头
compact head of white undeveloped flowers
I bought a fresh cauliflower at the market to make soup.
我在市场买了一个新鲜的花椰菜来做汤。
Cauliflower can be roasted with olive oil and garlic.
花椰菜可以和橄榄油、大蒜一起烤。
She prefers cauliflower over broccoli because it has a milder taste.
她喜欢花椰菜胜过西兰花，因为它的味道更温和。
head 在这里作量词，表示“一棵/一颗”；花椰菜作食物讲时通常不加 -s。
She bought a head of cauliflower at the market.
她在市场买了一颗花椰菜。
cauliflower 可直接放在另一个名词前作定语，如 cauliflower soup（花椰菜汤）。
Cauliflower soup is warm and creamy.
花椰菜汤温热而柔滑。
Not this
I bought two cauliflours.
Use this
I bought two cauliflowers.
cauliflower 的结尾拼写是 -flower（花），不是 -flour（面粉），中间的 w 不能漏。这里指两个完整的花椰菜头，用复数形式 cauliflowers。
Not this
My mother cooked a cauliflower for dinner.
Use this
My mother cooked cauliflower for dinner.
dinner 中吃的花椰菜是切成小朵的食材，不可数，因此不用 a/an。说 cooked cauliflower 或 some cauliflower 才自然。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
奶酪花椰菜
I made cauliflower cheese for dinner.
我晚餐做了奶酪花椰菜。
菜花耳
Wrestlers often get cauliflower ear.
摔跤手常得菜花耳。
花椰菜米
She uses cauliflower rice instead of regular rice.
她用花椰菜米代替普通米饭。
烤花椰菜
Roasted cauliflower is one of my favorite sides.
烤花椰菜是我最喜欢的配菜之一。
一颗花椰菜
I bought a head of cauliflower at the market.
我在市场买了一颗花椰菜。
花椰菜小朵
Cut the cauliflower into florets before steaming.
蒸之前把花椰菜切成小朵。
菜花耳（因外伤或反复摩擦导致的耳朵软骨变形）
After years of boxing, his right ear had become a classic cauliflower ear.
经过多年的拳击训练，他的右耳变成了典型的菜花耳。
花椰菜不过是受过大学教育的卷心菜。
A famous saying often attributed to American writer Mark Twain, used to describe cauliflower as an upgraded, cultivated version of the plain cabbage.
一句常被归于美国作家马克·吐温的名言，用来形容花椰菜是普通卷心菜被培育升级后的成果。
Use cauliflower naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：cauliflower = cauli + flower，flower 是“花”；白色花球像一朵大花，可吃的花，所以是“花椰菜”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：在超市或菜市场、烹饪与食谱、营养或饮食健康话题 作为日常蔬菜名称，通常用于中性场合；在购物、烹饪和健康饮食等日常话题中都比较常见。
这些词都含 /aʊɚ/ 音，与 cauliflower 结尾的 /flaʊɚ/ 押韵：flower、flour 与 cauliflower 的拼写最接近；sour、hour、power、tower 也同韵。注意 flower 和 flour 同音但拼写不同；不要因为 cauliflower 拼作 flower 就把它读成 /ˈfloʊɚ/——它和 lower（/ˈloʊɚ/）、mower（/ˈmoʊɚ/）并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.