Word · Frequency #17635
cheerio
Cheerios麦圈
A single piece of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
- 1.
An individual piece of the Cheerios breakfast cereal.
一片Cheerios早餐麦片
一片Cheerios早餐麦片；interj. 再会；再见
In use
He waved and called out a cheerful cheerio as the train pulled away.
Her soft cheerio was barely audible over the noise of the crowd.
They exchanged quick cheerios before heading their separate ways.
say cheerio (to sb)
常用于非正式告别，尤指英国英语。
She said cheerio to her friends.
她向朋友们说了再见。
bid sb cheerio
较正式的说法，意为‘道别’。
He bid us cheerio and left.
他向我们道别后离开了。
with a cheerio
‘cheerio’在此用作名词，表示告别语。
He left with a cheerful cheerio.
他高兴地道别后离开了。
Common mistakes
I ate a bowl of cheerio for breakfast.I ate a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast.
学习者混淆了告别语 'cheerio' 和早餐麦片品牌 'Cheerios'，后者需大写首字母且为复数形式。
I cheerioed my friends before leaving.I said cheerio to my friends before leaving.
'cheerio' 是感叹词或名词，不可用作动词。正确用法是作为感叹词独立使用，或搭配动词 'say'。
Connections
Collocations
- a bowl of Cheerios
- 一碗Cheerios麦片
- He ate a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast.他早餐吃了一碗Cheerios麦片。
- Cheerios with milk
- 加牛奶的Cheerios麦片
- She likes Cheerios with milk.她喜欢加牛奶的Cheerios麦片。
- a box of Cheerios
- 一盒Cheerios麦片
- I bought a box of Cheerios at the store.我在商店买了一盒Cheerios麦片。
- a single Cheerio
- 一片Cheerios麦片
- Can I have a single Cheerio?我能吃一片Cheerios麦片吗？
Confusing words
- cheers
- 干杯；再见（英式非正式） · cheers可以表示感谢或再见，而cheerio仅用于告别，且更显老派英式。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把Cheerio拆成cheer+io：咬下这颗麦圈时心里欢呼一声cheer，就记住了它是Cheerios早餐麦圈的一片。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：breakfast、cereal packaging、recipe 该义项指一片Cheerios谷物麦片，通常用于日常谈论早餐或麦片时，语气中性，多出现在食品包装和食谱等场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: hello (/həˈləʊ/) and go (/ɡəʊ/) share cheerio's stressed final /əʊ/. Words like radio, audio, studio, and curio all end in the same spelling -io, but the stress falls earlier, so they are lookalikes rather than true rhymes; their -io is pronounced /iəʊ/ with the /əʊ/ unstressed.
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.