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a scallop
scallop 是可数名词，指扇贝这种海产或其贝肉。
The scallop was served with lemon butter.
这只扇贝搭配柠檬黄油上桌。
扇贝；扇贝肉
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
扇贝；扇贝肉
the edible muscle of a mollusk with a fan-shaped shell, often served as food
The scallop was served with lemon butter.
这只扇贝搭配柠檬黄油上桌。
扇贝总科的各种海产双壳类软体动物
Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
一系列弧形之一,形成扇贝状边缘,尤见于编织和钩编
One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
肉片；肉排
A fillet of meat, escalope.
扇贝形碟子
A dish shaped like a scallop shell.
For dinner, I pan-fried a few fresh scallops with garlic and lemon.
晚餐时，我用大蒜和柠檬煎了几只新鲜扇贝。
The diver collected a large scallop from the seabed and brought it to the surface.
潜水员从海底捡起一只大扇贝，并把它带上了水面。
Scallop shells are often decorated with a pattern of radiating lines.
扇贝壳上常常带有放射状线条的花纹。
scallop 是可数名词，指扇贝这种海产或其贝肉。
The scallop was served with lemon butter.
这只扇贝搭配柠檬黄油上桌。
scallop 也可指布料或物体边缘的扇贝形饰边，常用复数。
The scallops on the tablecloth are beautiful.
桌布上的扇形饰边很漂亮。
scallop 作及物动词，表示用扇贝形容器烘烤食物。
Scallop the fish fillets in a buttered dish.
把鱼片放在涂了黄油的扇贝形烤碟里烤。
go scalloping 是 go + -ing 的固定结构，表示外出采集扇贝。
They went scalloping in the bay.
他们去海湾拾扇贝。
Not this
I ate scallop for dinner.
Use this
I ate scallops for dinner.
scallop 是可数名词，指具体的扇贝食物时通常用复数；汉语“扇贝”没有数的标记，所以容易漏掉复数。
Not this
I made scallop potatoes for dinner.
Use this
I made scalloped potatoes for dinner.
表示“奶油焗的”这类意思时，scallop 的过去分词 scalloped 可作定语，如 scalloped potatoes；不能用名词 scallop 直接修饰 potatoes。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
扇贝壳
She kept a scallop shell on her desk as a souvenir.
她把一个扇贝壳放在书桌上作纪念。
海扇贝
The menu lists sea scallops with lemon butter.
菜单上列有海扇贝配柠檬黄油。
香煎扇贝
Pan-seared scallops make a great appetizer.
香煎扇贝是很棒的开胃菜。
扇形边
The pillow has a scalloped edge.
这个枕头有一条扇形边。
奶油烤土豆片
I made scalloped potatoes for the potluck.
我为聚餐做了奶油烤土豆片。
扇贝捕捞
Scallop fishing is important to the local economy.
扇贝捕捞对当地经济很重要。
嗯……扇贝。
Homer Simpson, in the animated sitcom The Simpsons, often utters 'Mmm...' followed by a food he is about to eat or has just tasted; 'Mmm... scallops' is one of the show's well-known food catchphrases.
在动画情景剧《辛普森一家》中，荷马·辛普森经常在准备吃或刚吃到某种食物时说出“嗯……”加上食物的名字；“嗯……扇贝”是该剧著名的食物口头禅之一。
Use scallop naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
谐音“思考乐普”：想象一只扇贝边思考边唱歌，壳边缘那圈扇形花边就是 scallop。
语域：neutral 常见场景：海鲜餐厅菜单、超市生鲜区、烹饪节目或食谱 此处取海鲜/食材义：scallop 作名词指“扇贝”或“扇贝肉”，属于中性常用词，通常用于点餐、购买和烹饪等日常场景；在正式与口语中都自然。
按给出的英式读音 /ˈskɒləp/，dollop /ˈdɒləp/ 和 wallop /ˈwɒləp/ 与 scallop 押韵（都含 /ɒləp/）。注意 gallop /ˈɡæləp/、scalpel /ˈskælpəl/、scallion /ˈskæljən/ 拼写相近但发音不同：gallop 的元音是 /æ/，scalpel 和 scallion 的元音也是 /æ/ 且结尾各不相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.