Word · Frequency #24567
cress
水芹;独行菜
核心释义
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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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。
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。;水芹
用法In use
I added some fresh cress to the salad for a peppery flavor.
用法提示:cress 在此句中作不可数名词,指一种有辛辣味的可食用植物。
The garden cress seedlings are ready to harvest after about two weeks.
用法提示:cress 在此句中与 garden 搭配,指一种特定种类的水芹。
She grows cresses in small pots on her kitchen windowsill.
用法提示:cresses 是 cress 的复数形式,此处指多株水芹植物。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
cress 像‘克瑞斯’:沙拉中的水芹是绿色细丝,咬下清脆微辣。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
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