Word · Frequency #24567
cress
水芹；独行菜
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
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A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
多种十字花科植物的统称,叶味微辛辣,用作沙拉和抗坏血病食物。
多种十字花科植物的统称,叶味微辛辣,用作沙拉和抗坏血病食物。；水芹
In use
I added some fresh cress to the salad for a peppery flavor.
The garden cress seedlings are ready to harvest after about two weeks.
She grows cresses in small pots on her kitchen windowsill.
some + cress (uncountable)
表示食物时，cress 通常作不可数名词，不加复数。
She put some cress in her salad.
她在沙拉里放了一些水芹。
different + cresses (countable plural)
复数形式 cresses 指多种十字花科植物或不同品种。
Different cresses grow in different regions.
不同的水芹品种生长在不同的地区。
Common mistakes
I bought a cress for the salad.I bought some cress for the salad.
cress 作为可食用叶菜时是不可数名词，不能直接用 a 修饰；表示“一些水芹”要用 some cress。
I don't like cresses.I don't like cress.
泛泛谈论不喜欢吃水芹时，cress 是不可数名词，不加复数；cresses 仅用于指多种或多棵植株。
Connections
Collocations
- garden cress
- 花园水芹；独行菜
- We grew garden cress in a pot on the windowsill.我们在窗台上的花盆里种了花园水芹。
- mustard and cress
- 芥末苗与水芹（三明治用嫩苗）
- The sandwich was filled with mustard and cress.三明治里夹了芥末苗和水芹。
- cress salad
- 水芹沙拉
- For lunch she made a simple cress salad.午餐她做了一份简单的水芹沙拉。
- a bunch of cress
- 一束水芹
- He bought a bunch of cress from the market.他从市场上买了一束水芹。
- cress seeds
- 水芹种子
- You can sprout cress seeds on damp cotton wool.你可以在湿棉絮上培育水芹种子。
Confusing words
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cress 像‘克瑞斯’：沙拉中的水芹是绿色细丝，咬下清脆微辣。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、gardening、botany 该词多出现在菜谱、园艺和植物学描述中；口语中不很常用，更常见的是直接说 watercress 或 garden cress 等具体名称。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词的重读音节都以 /es/ 结尾（对应拼写多为 -ess），与 cress /kres/ 押韵。注意拼写相近但读音不同的词：cross /krɒs/（元音为 /ɒ/）、crease /kriːs/（元音为 /iː/）都不押韵；名词 address 在美式英语中读 /ˈædres/ 也不押韵，但其动词读 /əˈdres/ 时押韵。
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。
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