fry
fry — verb
1. to prepare food by heating it in a shallow pan with oil or fat on a stove, givin
to prepare food by heating it in a shallow pan with oil or fat on a stove, giving the outer surface a brown colour and a crisp texture
Omar fried the chicken pieces in hot oil until they turned golden brown.
transitive: fry + direct object (food item)
The onions are frying gently in a little butter and garlic.
intransitive: [food] + is frying + adverb
Saira always fries her eggs in olive oil instead of butter.
Aoi could smell the bacon frying from two blocks away.
For breakfast Leo fried two eggs and some mushrooms in a little oil.
- sauté
fry quickly in a small amount of oil over high heat, usually while stirring
- pan-fry
fry in a shallow pan with enough oil to cover the bottom, without fully submerging the food
- deep-fry
fry by submerging food completely in hot oil, producing a very crispy outer layer
- stir-fry
fry small pieces of food quickly in a wok over very high heat while stirring constantly
文法句型
fry + noun_phrase (food item)
fry + noun_phrase + adverb/prepositional_phrase
intransitive: [food] + fries / is frying
用法筆記
Common in recipes and everyday cooking instructions. When used intransitively, the subject is the food being cooked ('The fish fries quickly').
常見錯誤
2. to become painfully hot or sunburned from strong sunlight or extreme heat, as if
to become painfully hot or sunburned from strong sunlight or extreme heat, as if being cooked
The tourists were frying on the beach under the strong midday sun.
progressive: were frying + location
Tendai's shoulders began to fry after only twenty minutes in the desert heat.
body part + began to fry
We stayed inside because the pavement was frying in the forty-degree heat.
Adina could feel her skin starting to fry as she walked across the car park.
文法句型
[person] + is/was frying
[body part] + is frying + [location/preposition]
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in informal or humorous contexts. The subject is typically a person or a body part exposed to the sun. Not used in formal weather reports — prefer 'scorching', 'sweltering', or 'blazing'.
3. to put a person to death by passing a powerful electric current through their bo
to put a person to death by passing a powerful electric current through their body, typically as a legal punishment with a specially designed chair
In the film the governor ordered the prison to fry the convicted murderer.
active voice: authority + fries + person
A character in the novel was sentenced to fry for murders he did not commit.
passive: was sentenced to fry
Several US states have stopped using the electric chair to fry inmates.
Darius read about a man sentenced to fry under the state's old execution laws.
- electrocute
formal, neutral term for death by electric shock; can cover accidents and executions
- execute
much broader; does not specify the method of execution
文法句型
[authority] + fries + [person]
[person] + is/was fried + [prepositional phrase]
用法筆記
Very informal slang derived from the electric chair as a method of capital punishment. In serious or formal writing, use 'execute by electrocution' or 'put to death in the electric chair'. Avoid using this sense in real-world contexts about actual executions as it can sound flippant.
常見錯誤
fry — noun
1. very young fish that have recently hatched from eggs and are not yet fully grown
very young fish that have recently hatched from eggs and are not yet fully grown, often found in large groups in rivers, ponds, or hatcheries
The pond was filled with thousands of tiny fry swimming near the water surface.
collective: thousands of + fry
Local fishermen must throw back any fry they catch to protect the fish population.
countable object of verb: throw back + fry
The salmon fry made their way downstream toward the ocean after hatching.
A single female trout can produce over a thousand fry in one breeding season.
- fingerling
a young fish that is larger than a fry, typically between fry and adult stage; more technical
- spawn
the eggs of fish or amphibians, not the hatched young themselves; a different stage entirely
文法句型
[quantity] + of + fry
the + fry + [verb]
用法筆記
Used as both a plural noun ('the fry are swimming') and an uncountable noun ('a net full of fry'). The word does not have a singular form in this sense — you cannot say 'a fry' to mean one baby fish; use 'a young fish' instead.