donut

donut — noun

1. a sweet snack made from fried dough, often shaped like a ring or a round ball wi

1.名詞A2
釋義

a sweet snack made from fried dough, often shaped like a ring or a round ball with a sweet filling inside, and sometimes covered with icing, sugar, or chocolate

例句

Hoa bought a box of glazed donuts for the office meeting.

collocation: glazed donuts / box of donuts

The bakery on Elm Street sells fresh donuts every morning before eight.

同義詞
  • doughnut

    original spelling variant, still common in British and formal American writing

  • friedcake

    dated or regional term rarely used in modern conversation

文法句型

a donut

donuts (plural)

用法筆記

The spelling donut is a simplified variant of doughnut. Both spellings are common in American English, but donut appears more often in brand names and casual writing. In British English, doughnut remains the standard spelling in formal texts. Countable noun — always requires an article or determiner (a donut, two donuts, the donut).

常見錯誤

❌I bought donut for breakfast.
✅I bought a donut for breakfast.
💡Donut is a countable noun and needs an article or quantifier.
❌She ate a donut with cream cheese.' (referring to a bagel)
✅She ate a bagel with cream cheese.
💡Donuts are sweet pastries, not savory bread rolls; cream cheese is typical with bagels, not donuts.