Word · Frequency #18877
mash
糊状物;泥状混合物
A soft pulpy mass of mixed ingredients, made by crushing or mixing.
- 1.
A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
通过捣碎或压制将混合成分变成柔软的糊状物;任何柔软糊状物的集合。
- 2.
Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
磨碎或压碎的麦芽,或黑麦、小麦、玉米或其他谷物的粉(或麦芽和粉的混合物)在热水中浸泡和搅拌以制成麦汁。
- 3.
A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
喂动物的粉料或麸皮和水的混合物。
麸料;动物饲料糊;麦芽浆;糖化醪;通过捣碎或压制将混合成分变成柔软的糊状物;任何柔软糊状物的集合。;磨碎或压碎的麦芽,或黑麦、小麦、玉米或其他谷物的粉(或麦芽和粉的混合物)在热水中浸泡和搅拌以制成麦汁。;喂动物的粉料或麸皮和水的混合物。
In use
The brewer added hot water to the mash to extract sugars.
Farmers often feed their livestock with a mash of grains and vegetables.
After boiling, the potatoes turned into a soft mash.
Connections
Collocations
- malt mash
- 酿造啤酒时用热水浸泡的糖化麦芽糊
- The brewer stirred the malt mash to help it release sugars.酿酒师搅动糖化麦芽糊,帮助它释放糖分。
- corn mash
- 以玉米为主的发酵浆,用于酿造威士忌
- The bourbon is made from a corn mash that contains at least fifty-one percent corn.这种波本威士忌是用玉米含量至少百分之五十一的玉米浆酿造的。
- bran mash
- 用麸皮加水调成的软饲料,常用来喂马
- The horse eagerly ate the warm bran mash after a long ride.长途骑行后,马急切地吃起了温热的麸皮软饲料。
- fruit mash
- 用于酿酒或做果泥的水果糊
- The fruit mash needs to ferment for two weeks before distilling.水果浆在蒸馏前需要发酵两周。
- a mash of vegetables
- 多种蔬菜捣成的糊
- She served a mash of root vegetables with the roast chicken.她把块根蔬菜捣成泥,和烤鸡一起端上桌。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mash 与 smash 只差一个 s:smash 是打碎,mash 是捣成糊。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:日常烹饪、酿造车间、畜牧场 作名词时,mash 的语域比较混合:表示“糊状物”时通常较中性,日常烹饪或一般描述中都可以用;表示“麦芽浆”或“动物饲料”时多用于酿酒、农业等专业场景,属于行业用语。正式程度取决于谈论的领域,一般没有强烈的褒贬色彩。
Grammar Note
通常不可数,但有复数形式mashes,表示不同种类或多次的混合物
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都读 /æʃ/,与 mash 押韵。注意拼写类似的词发音不同:wash /wɒʃ/ 或 /wɑːʃ/、mass /mæs/、mesh /meʃ/。
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
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