peanut

peanut — noun

1. an edible seed that forms below the soil inside a light brown pod, often with an

1.名詞B1
釋義

an edible seed that forms below the soil inside a light brown pod, often with another seed beside it

例句

Mia sprinkled crushed peanuts over the noodles before dinner.

collocation: crushed peanuts

A bag of roasted peanuts sat beside the cold drinks.

countable: a bag of peanuts

同義詞
  • groundnut

    used in some regional varieties of English, but less neutral than peanut

  • nut

    a broader everyday word that can mean many different kinds of edible seeds

  • legume

    a technical classification word, not the usual food name

文法句型

eat peanuts

a bag of peanuts

crushed peanuts on noodles

用法筆記

Usually countable in everyday English. Peanut is the normal food word even though the plant belongs to the bean family, not the true nut family.

常見錯誤

❌I ate three peanut.
✅I ate three peanuts.
💡Use the plural when you count individual seeds.

2. an amount, especially of money, that is so small people treat it as unimportant

2.名詞C1
釋義

an amount, especially of money, that is so small people treat it as unimportant

例句

The cafe pays students peanuts for washing dishes after class.

pattern: pay peanuts

After rent and bills, Tom had peanuts left in his account.

同義詞
  • pittance

    a more formal word for a very small amount of money

  • next to nothing

    an informal phrase for an extremely small amount

  • small change

    often refers to coins or a small amount left over

反義詞
  • fortune

    a very large amount of money

文法句型

for peanuts

pay peanuts

be peanuts compared with

用法筆記

Common after for and in pay peanuts. It is often used when someone feels a wage, price, or reward is unfairly low.

常見錯誤

❌The bike is peanuts.
✅The bike is cheap.' or 'They sold the bike for peanuts.
💡Peanuts describes the amount or price, not the thing itself.

peanut — adjective