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。
小穗和小颗粒的玉米,暴露在干热下会爆裂；被加热爆裂的小玉米粒；爆米花
a type of corn with small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
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
A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
We made popcorn and watched a movie last night.
我们昨晚做了爆米花，看了一部电影。
用法提示：这里 popcorn 作不可数名词，指爆米花这种食物。
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。
用法提示：popcorn 在此作介词 of 的宾语，表示爆米花这种食物。
She put some popcorn in a bowl and added salt.
她把一些爆米花放进碗里，加了盐。
用法提示：popcorn 作 put 的宾语，是不可数名词，表示爆米花。
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。
非正式口语词，常见于美式英语；与表示汽水的 pop 意思不同，需根据语境区分。
描述性说法，比 popcorn 更正式但使用频率较低，常用来强调其制作过程。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a popcorn at the cinema.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The popcorns are delicious.
正确表达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。
Corn 指未经爆裂处理的玉米或其作物，是原材料；popcorn 专指爆开后的玉米零食，二者不可互换。
Pop 是动词，描述玉米受热爆裂的动作；popcorn 是名词，指爆好的食物。说“吃 pop”是错误的。
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。
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