Word · Frequency #16716
celery
芹菜
a plant with crisp green stalks that is eaten as a vegetable, either raw or cooked
- 1.
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
伞形科的一种欧洲草本植物(旱芹)。
- 2.
widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
广泛栽培的草本植物,具有芳香的叶柄,可生吃或熟食
- 3.
The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
这种草本植物的茎,作为蔬菜食用。
- 4.
stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
生吃或熟食的茎,或用作调味品
- 5.
A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.
一种类似芹菜的黄绿色。
伞形科的一种欧洲草本植物(旱芹)。；广泛栽培的草本植物,具有芳香的叶柄,可生吃或熟食；这种草本植物的茎,作为蔬菜食用。；生吃或熟食的茎,或用作调味品；一种类似芹菜的黄绿色。
In use
I bought some fresh celery at the market this morning.
She chopped the celery into small pieces for the salad.
Celery is often eaten with peanut butter as a healthy snack.
a stalk/rib of celery
celery 通常不可数，表示“一根/一把”时用 a stalk/rib of celery 或 a bunch of celery。
Add a stalk of celery to the stew.
往炖菜里加一根芹菜。
celery + singular verb
celery 是不可数名词，作主语时谓语动词用单数。
Celery is a good source of fiber.
芹菜是一种很好的纤维来源。
celery + noun
celery 可直接修饰名词，构成复合名词，如 celery soup（芹菜汤）、celery seed（芹菜籽）。
Connections
Collocations
- a celery stalk
- 一根芹菜茎
- Wash the celery stalk before chopping it.切芹菜前先把它洗干净。
- celery sticks
- 芹菜条
- She packed celery sticks and hummus in her lunch.她在午餐里放了芹菜条和鹰嘴豆泥。
- celery salt
- 芹菜盐（用芹菜籽调味的盐）
- Add a pinch of celery salt to the broth.在肉汤里加一小撮芹菜盐。
- celery seed
- 芹菜籽
- Celery seed is often used in pickling spices.芹菜籽常被用于腌制香料。
- celery juice
- 芹菜汁
- He drinks celery juice every morning.他每天早上喝芹菜汁。
- cream of celery soup
Learner notes
Memory Tip
芹菜 celery 脆嫩清香，常出现在沙拉里；读音像“塞了瑞”，塞进嘴里的脆蔬菜。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、食谱说明 芹菜是日常常用词，在口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显的语域限制。通常直接使用即可。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 celeries。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见单词与 /ˈsɛlɝi/ 完全押韵。berry、cherry、very 的重读元音同为 /ɛ/，但后面是 /r/ 而不是 /l/，所以不算押韵。注意：salary 拼写接近但读 /ˈsæləri/，parsley 也形似但读 /ˈpɑrsli/，都与 celery 不同音。very 和 cemetery 拼写上都含 -ery，但发音并不相同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.