Word · Frequency #25500
popcorn
爆裂玉米；爆花玉米
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。
- 1.
A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
- 2.
corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
小穗和小颗粒的玉米,暴露在干热下会爆裂
- 3.
A serving of popcorn.
- 4.
small kernels of corn exploded by heat
被加热爆裂的小玉米粒
- 5.
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.
- 6.
A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
- 7.
A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
- 8.
A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
- 9.
A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
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
In use
We made popcorn and watched a movie last night.
The smell of fresh popcorn filled the cinema lobby.
She put some popcorn in a bowl and added salt.
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。
make popcorn
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。
popcorn is [adjective]
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.
Connections
Collocations
- microwave popcorn
- 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。
- buttered popcorn
- 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。
- popcorn kernels
- 爆米花玉米粒
- Some popcorn kernels never pop.有些爆米花玉米粒始终爆不开。
- popcorn bucket
- 爆米花桶
- They shared a big popcorn bucket.他们合吃了一大桶爆米花。
- popcorn machine
- 爆米花机
- The store sells popcorn machines for home use.这家店出售家用的爆米花机。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
玉米受热会“pop”一声爆开，所以是pop+corn，爆米花就是这么来的。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
指不同种类时可用复数 popcorns。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Corn, acorn, and scorn end in /kɔrn/; horn and thorn end in /ɔrn/, matching the final vowel-consonant sequence of popcorn. Pop is a useful lookalike: it begins the word but is pronounced /pɑp/, so it does not rhyme.
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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