menu

1.名詞A1

釋義

a card, board, or document that shows all the food and drinks a restaurant has available for customers to order.

例句

The waiter handed Sora a menu and asked if she needed more time to decide.

collocation: hand someone a menu

Lakshmi studied the menu carefully before ordering grilled salmon with rice.

collocation: study the menu / look at the menu

同義詞

bill of fare
old-fashioned or very formal term for a restaurant menu; rarely used in daily conversation
wine list
a separate menu that lists only alcoholic drinks, especially wine

文法句型

menu + of + noun phrase (menu of the day)

determiner + menu (the menu / a menu / this menu)

常見錯誤

❌Please give me the menu card.

✅Please give me the menu.

💡'Menu' already means the card or list; adding 'card' is unnecessary.

❌I ordered from the recipe.

✅I ordered from the menu.

💡A 'recipe' explains how to cook a dish; a 'menu' shows what dishes are available to order.

2.名詞A2

釋義

a set of options or commands displayed on a computer, phone, or tablet screen that a user can choose from to perform an action, open a feature, or change settings.

例句

Gabriel clicked on the File menu to save his work before closing the program.

collocation: File menu / Edit menu / View menu

Felipe found the language settings under the Preferences menu.

collocation: Preferences menu / Settings menu

同義詞

options list
a more general term that works outside of computing but is less precise
drop-down list
a specific type of menu that only appears when the user clicks on it

文法句型

[function name] + menu (File menu, Settings menu)

menu + bar

menu + of + noun phrase (menu of options)

用法筆記

In computing, the word 'menu' is usually combined with the function it controls (e.g., File menu, Edit menu, Settings menu). Common types include drop-down menus, pop-up menus, and pull-down menus.

常見錯誤

❌Click the menu on the left.

✅Click the File menu on the left side of the screen.

💡Always name the specific menu to make instructions clear.