chopsticks

chopsticks — noun

1. Thin sticks, usually made of wood, bamboo, or plastic, that are held in one hand

1.名詞B1
釋義

Thin sticks, usually made of wood, bamboo, or plastic, that are held in one hand and used in pairs to pick up pieces of food, especially in many East and Southeast Asian countries.

例句

Daichi used his chopsticks to pick up sushi and dip it in soy sauce.

collocation: pick up [food] with chopsticks

The children at the Vietnamese restaurant were learning to hold chopsticks for the first time.

collocation: hold chopsticks

反義詞
  • fork

    A Western eating tool with prongs, used instead of chopsticks.

  • knife

    A bladed tool for cutting food, not typically used together with chopsticks for the same purpose.

文法句型

a pair of chopsticks

use + chopsticks

chopsticks + are

用法筆記

Always used in the plural form. A single stick is referred to as 'one of the chopsticks' or, less commonly, 'a chopstick'. The noun is usually preceded by 'a pair of' when referring to a complete set of two sticks.

常見錯誤

❌I eat rice with chopstick.
✅I eat rice with chopsticks.
💡The word is always plural; there is no singular countable form for the utensil.
❌I need two chopsticks.
✅I need a pair of chopsticks.
💡The pair is one unit; 'chopsticks' already refers to both sticks together.