Word · Frequency #20356
cornflake
玉米片
a thin, crisp piece of toasted corn, usually eaten with milk as breakfast cereal
- 1.
A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
烤玉米片,用作早餐谷物。
烤玉米片,用作早餐谷物。
In use
I poured milk over my cornflakes this morning.
Please buy a box of cornflakes when you go to the supermarket.
He crushed the cornflakes and used them to coat the chicken.
eat [food] for breakfast
cornflake 常用复数 cornflakes 指这种食品。
I eat cornflakes for breakfast.
我早餐吃玉米片。
a bowl of [food]
量词结构 a bowl of 后接可数名词复数。
He ate a bowl of cornflakes.
他吃了一碗玉米片。
[food] + noun
cornflake 可直接作定语修饰名词。
She sprinkled cornflake crumbs over the casserole.
她在砂锅菜上撒了玉米片碎屑。
Common mistakes
I had cornflake for breakfast.I had cornflakes for breakfast.
cornflake 是可数名词,单数指一片玉米片;泛指早餐吃的玉米片谷物时要用复数 cornflakes,不能像不可数名词那样用单数形式表类别。
I ate a cornflake for breakfast.I ate a bowl of cornflakes for breakfast.
a cornflake 仅指一片玉米片,不是一份早餐;要表达吃一碗玉米片,必须用量词 a bowl of 加复数 cornflakes。
Connections
Collocations
- cornflake crumbs
- 玉米片碎屑
- Use cornflake crumbs to make a crispy coating for the fish.用玉米片碎屑做鱼的酥脆外衣。
- bowl of cornflakes
- 一碗玉米片
- She had a bowl of cornflakes for breakfast.她早餐吃了一碗玉米片。
- cornflake crust
- 玉米片饼底
- The cheesecake has a buttery cornflake crust.这块芝士蛋糕有一层黄油玉米片饼底。
- eat cornflakes
- 吃玉米片
- Many children eat cornflakes with cold milk.许多孩子用冷牛奶泡玉米片吃。
- cornflake box
- 玉米片包装盒
- He read the back of the cornflake box while eating.他一边吃一边看玉米片盒子背面。
- cornflake coating
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 corn(玉米)和 flake(薄片)联想在一起:金黄的玉米薄片泡在牛奶里,就是 cornflake。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:breakfast、recipes、food packaging cornflake 作名词时通常用于日常饮食语境,多出现在早餐、食谱或食品包装等生活场景,属于中性常用词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
cornflake 的重音在第一个音节 /kɔːn/,因此单独的 -ake 词(cake、lake、make 等)虽有相同的末尾拼写和 /eɪk/ 音,但并不与 cornflake 押韵。真正对应的是:首音节 corn 与 corn 相同;末音节 flake 与单独的 flake 相同;snowflake 与 cornflake 同为“名词+flake”的结构,但重音元音不同(/əʊ/ 对 /ɔː/),也只算形似。
Learn the forms together
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