Word · Frequency #21753
truss
烹饪前捆扎(禽类)
To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- 1.
To tie up a bird before cooking it.
烹饪前将(禽类)捆扎起来。
- 2.
To secure or bind with ropes.
用绳索固定或捆绑。
- 3.
To support.
支撑。
- 4.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
紧紧抓住;牢牢握住;猛扑。
- 5.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
通过支撑物加固或使(梁、大梁等)变硬。
用绳索捆绑;缚紧;支撑;加固(梁、大梁等);抓住;牢牢握住;扑向;烹饪前将(禽类)捆扎起来。;用绳索固定或捆绑。
In use
Truss the chicken with kitchen string so it cooks evenly.
The workers trussed the heavy boxes onto the truck with strong ropes.
They trussed the wooden beam with a steel brace to stop it bending.
truss sth
烹饪用语,指用线或针固定禽类的腿和翅膀。
Truss the chicken before roasting it.
烤鸡之前先把鸡捆扎好。
truss sth up
truss up 可以分开使用,例如 truss it up。
They trussed up the package with heavy rope.
他们用粗绳子把包裹捆紧。
truss sth with sth
建筑或工程语境中表示用支撑物加固结构。
Engineers trussed the old beam with steel braces.
Connections
Collocations
- truss a chicken
- 烹煮前捆扎整鸡
- Truss the chicken before putting it in the oven.把鸡捆扎好再放入烤箱。
- truss up
- 捆绑起来;缚紧
- The robbers trussed up the night guard and left him in the storeroom.劫匪把夜班保安捆绑起来,把他留在储藏室里。
- truss a beam
- 用支撑物加固梁
- The workers trussed the old beam with steel braces to prevent collapse.工人们用钢支撑加固旧梁,防止倒塌。
Idioms & figurative uses
- truss up
- 把…捆牢,绑紧The kidnappers trussed him up and locked him in the van.绑匪把他捆起来,锁进货车里。
- trussed up like a chicken
- 被捆得动弹不得;被紧身衣物勒得难受She was trussed up like a chicken in her new corset.她穿着新紧身胸衣,被勒得紧紧的。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
烤鸡前用绳子把鸡“扎”紧,truss 里双写的 s 就像两道交叉的绳结,把翅膀和腿都缚牢。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:烹饪时捆扎禽类、建筑/工程中加固梁或支撑结构、书面或正式叙述中用绳索捆绑 truss 作动词时语气随语境变化:最常用于烹饪,指把禽类捆扎好,语气比较中性;在建筑/工程中多指加固、支撑梁或大梁,比较偏专业或书面;表示用绳索捆绑时也偏正式。日常口语中一般不常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 truss /trʌs/ 的读音押韵:bus /bʌs/、fuss /fʌs/、plus /plʌs/、pus /pʌs/、thus /ðʌs/,都以 /ʌs/ 结尾。注意形近但音不同的词:trust /trʌst/、thrust /θrʌst/、truce /truːs/,以及 trousers /ˈtraʊzəz/,它们的发音与 truss 并不完全押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.