a turnip
turnip 是可数名词,表示单个芜菁时用 a/an。
I bought a turnip at the market.
我在市场买了一个芜菁。
芜菁
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
芜菁
a plant with a large, fleshy, edible white or yellow root
I bought a turnip at the market.
我在市场买了一个芜菁。
芜菁(Brassica rapa)的白色根,开黄花,作蔬菜和牛饲料用。
The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
广泛栽培的植物,具有大型肉质可食用的白色或黄色根
widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
芥菜科植物的根
root of any of several members of the mustard family
For dinner, we roasted some turnips with carrots and potatoes.
晚餐时,我们把一些芜菁、胡萝卜和土豆一起烤了。
My grandmother used to grow turnips in her garden.
我祖母以前在菜园里种芜菁。
This soup tastes better with a chopped turnip in it.
这汤里加一个切碎的芜菁会更好喝。
turnip 是可数名词,表示单个芜菁时用 a/an。
I bought a turnip at the market.
我在市场买了一个芜菁。
复数形式表示多个芜菁,也可泛指这类蔬菜。
Turnips are a good source of vitamins.
芜菁是维生素的良好来源。
turnip 可作定语修饰名词,表示‘芜菁的’或‘用芜菁做的’。
She made turnip soup for dinner.
她晚餐做了芜菁汤。
Not this
I bought two turnip from the market.
Use this
I bought two turnips from the market.
turnip 是可数名词。中文说“两个芜菁”时名词没有复数变化,而英语中 two 后面必须用复数形式 turnips。
Not this
This turnip is white and long.
Use this
This radish is white and long.
turnip(芜菁)和 radish(萝卜)是两种不同的蔬菜。中文常把两者都笼统称为“萝卜”,但英语不能互换。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
芜菁泥
Mashed turnips are a popular side dish in winter.
芜菁泥是冬季很受欢迎的配菜。
烤芜菁
She tossed the roasted turnips with olive oil and herbs.
她用橄榄油和香草拌了烤芜菁。
芜菁叶
Turnip greens are rich in vitamins.
芜菁叶富含维生素。
芜菁汤
The creamy turnip soup warmed us up on a cold night.
那碗浓稠的芜菁汤在寒冷的夜晚让我们暖和起来。
芜菁地
The rabbits got into the turnip patch again.
兔子又钻进了芜菁地。
从芜菁里榨血;比喻硬要从根本不可能给出的人或事上索取东西
You can't get blood from a turnip, so don't ask him for a donation.
你不可能从芜菁里榨出血来,所以别向他募捐。
刚下芜菁车;形容刚进城、天真轻信(常用于否定句,表示自己并不好骗)
I didn't just fall off the turnip truck—I know a scam when I see one.
我可不是刚从乡下出来的——骗局我一眼就能认出来。
你无法从芜菁里榨出血来。(谚语,指无法从一贫如洗的人身上得到金钱)
He never has any money, so you can't get blood from a turnip.
他从来都没有钱,所以你无法从芜菁里榨出血来。
他们拉了又拉,终于把芜菁拔了出来!(出自《大芜菁》民间故事)
In the old Russian tale, the family finally pulls up the turnip together.
在这个古老的俄罗斯民间故事中,全家人最终一起拔起了芜菁。
Use turnip naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 turnip 拆成 turn + ip:翻(turn)开泥土,露出白色的芜菁根。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常饮食、菜市场、烹饪 这是一个普通日常词汇,通常用于指餐桌上或市场里的根茎类蔬菜,多用于口语和一般书面语;正式植物学或医学语境中较少单独使用该词。
turn、turnover 和 turnip 一样以 /tɝn/ 开头,但不与整个词押韵;learn 的 /lɝn/ 也与 /tɝn/ 押韵,同样不押整个 turnip。parsnip、tulip 拼写结尾相似,但发音不同(-nɪp, -lɪp vs -nəp)。turban 只是开头读音相近,注意结尾不同。
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