onion

onion — noun

1. a cooking vegetable with a papery outside and many thin layers inside, known for

1.名詞A2
釋義

a cooking vegetable with a papery outside and many thin layers inside, known for its sharp smell and taste

例句

Dad chopped an onion for the noodles in the kitchen.

countable: chop an onion

The red onion made Nina cry while she cooked dinner.

collocation: red onion

同義詞
  • vegetable

    a much broader word; an onion is one kind of vegetable

  • shallot

    a similar but usually smaller and milder vegetable

  • allium

    a technical plant-family word, not the normal everyday name

文法句型

chop an onion

slice onions

add onion to soup

用法筆記

Countable when you mean one whole vegetable, as in buy an onion. Often uncountable when you mean the ingredient in a dish, as in This soup needs more onion.

常見錯誤

❌Please cut onion for the salad.
✅Please cut an onion for the salad.
💡Use an when you mean one whole onion.