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a [container] of popcorn
popcorn 表示食物时通常不可数，需借助容器词（如 bag、box、bowl）来计数。
I bought a bag of popcorn at the cinema.
我在电影院买了一袋爆米花。
爆裂玉米；爆花玉米
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
爆裂玉米；爆花玉米
a type of corn with small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
I bought a bag of popcorn at the cinema.
我在电影院买了一袋爆米花。
这里指玉米品种，不是爆好的爆米花零食。
A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
小穗和小颗粒的玉米,暴露在干热下会爆裂
corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
A serving of popcorn.
被加热爆裂的小玉米粒
small kernels of corn exploded by heat
We made popcorn and watched a movie last night.
我们昨晚做了爆米花，看了一部电影。
The smell of fresh popcorn filled the cinema lobby.
新鲜爆米花的香味充满了电影院门厅。
She put some popcorn in a bowl and added salt.
她把一些爆米花放进碗里，加了盐。
popcorn 表示食物时通常不可数，需借助容器词（如 bag、box、bowl）来计数。
I bought a bag of popcorn at the cinema.
我在电影院买了一袋爆米花。
表示“制作爆米花”时常用 make。
We are making popcorn for the movie night.
我们正在为电影之夜做爆米花。
描述爆米花的味道或状态时，可用“be + 形容词”结构。
The popcorn is too salty.
这爆米花太咸了。
Not this
I bought a popcorn at the cinema.
Use this
I bought some popcorn at the cinema.
popcorn 是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a/an 修饰。表示“一些爆米花”时用 some。
Not this
The popcorns are delicious.
Use this
The popcorn is delicious.
popcorn 是不可数名词，没有复数形式，谓语动词用单数。不要加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
微波炉爆米花
Microwave popcorn is quick to make at home.
微波炉爆米花在家做起来很快。
黄油爆米花
She always gets buttered popcorn at the movies.
她看电影时总是要黄油爆米花。
爆米花玉米粒
Some popcorn kernels never pop.
有些爆米花玉米粒始终爆不开。
爆米花桶
They shared a big popcorn bucket.
他们合吃了一大桶爆米花。
爆米花机
The store sells popcorn machines for home use.
这家店出售家用的爆米花机。
思绪像爆米花一样跳来跳去、难以专注的状态
After scrolling through social media for hours, I have popcorn brain.
刷了几个小时社交媒体后，我脑子乱糟糟的，难以专注。
爆米花电影
We just want a popcorn movie tonight, nothing too serious.
今晚我们只想看部爆米花电影，不用太严肃。
值得边吃爆米花边看的；十分精彩的
The finale was so dramatic that it was totally popcorn-worthy.
大结局太精彩了，完全值得边吃爆米花边看。
《爆米花》
The 1972 hit 'Popcorn' by Hot Butter is a synth classic.
Hot Butter 的 1972 年热门单曲《爆米花》是合成器音乐的经典之作。
Use popcorn naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
玉米受热会“pop”一声爆开，所以是pop+corn，爆米花就是这么来的。
语域：neutral 常见场景：movie theater、snack aisle、home cooking 作为日常食品名称，popcorn 通常用于看电影、买零食或在家制作零食等场合，语气中性偏随意；在较正式的书面语中不如日常会话常见。
指不同种类时可用复数 popcorns。
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