dill
dill — noun
1. A herb grown for its thin, soft leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers. Coo
1.名詞B1
釋義
A herb grown for its thin, soft leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers. Cooks use both the leaves and the seeds of this plant to give a fresh, slightly sharp taste to foods such as pickles, grilled fish, and salads.
例句
Rin added fresh dill to the potato salad for extra flavour.
collocation: fresh dill
The recipe calls for a tablespoon of dried dill seeds.
collocation: dill seeds
Dill is commonly used in pickling cucumbers to make dill pickles.
Bilal grew dill in his garden and used the leaves in grilled fish.
These small pickles have a strong dill taste and a crunchy texture.
同義詞
- dill weed
refers specifically to the leafy part of the plant rather than the seeds
常見錯誤
❌I put fennel in the pickle.
✅I put dill in the pickle.
💡Dill (蒔蘿) and fennel (茴香) look similar but have different flavours; dill is traditional for pickles.