barbecue
barbecue — 名詞
1. a metal cooker used outside to cook food over flames or hot coals
烤肉架
戶外生火烤食物的器具
a metal cooker used outside to cook food over flames or hot coals
Dad cleaned the barbecue before putting corn and chicken on it.
爸爸先把烤肉架清乾淨，才把玉米和雞肉放上去。
put food on the barbecue
Smoke rose from the barbecue beside the picnic table.
野餐桌旁的烤肉架冒出了煙。
At sunset, Lena wheeled the barbecue onto the back patio.
太陽下山時，Lena 把烤肉架推到後院露台上。
The old barbecue rusted behind the shed all winter.
那個舊烤肉架整個冬天都在棚子後面生鏽。
Our new barbecue runs on gas, not charcoal.
我們的新烤肉架用瓦斯，不用木炭。
文法句型
cook on the barbecue
clean the barbecue
gas barbecue
用法筆記
Usually countable. Common with verbs like light, clean, move, and use, and with type words such as gas or charcoal.
常見錯誤
2. a casual meal of food cooked outside on a barbecue
烤肉
指烤好後吃的那一餐
a casual meal of food cooked outside on a barbecue
We had a barbecue on the beach after the school race.
學校賽跑結束後，我們在海邊吃烤肉。
have a barbecue
Grandma served cold tea with the barbecue in the garden.
奶奶在花園裡幫大家準備了冰茶配烤肉。
After the hike, the warm barbecue tasted better than sandwiches.
健行後，熱騰騰的烤肉比三明治還好吃。
The hotel offered a seafood barbecue by the pool at noon.
那家飯店中午在泳池邊供應海鮮烤肉。
After the tennis match, we had a barbecue for lunch by the lake.
網球賽後，我們在湖邊吃了一頓烤肉當午餐。
文法句型
have a barbecue
a family barbecue
a seafood barbecue
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 3: this sense names the food or meal itself, not the social event around it.
常見錯誤
3. an outdoor gathering where people spend time together and share food from the gr
烤肉會
戶外烤肉聊天的聚會
an outdoor gathering where people spend time together and share food from the grill
The neighbors invited us to a barbecue on Saturday afternoon.
鄰居邀請我們星期六下午去參加一場烤肉會。
go to a barbecue
Children ran across the yard while the barbecue was starting.
孩子們在院子裡跑來跑去，那場烤肉會正要開始。
After the game, the team held a barbecue at Coach Kim's house.
比賽後，球隊在 Kim 教練家辦了一場烤肉會。
Rain ended the company barbecue before dessert came out.
下雨讓公司的烤肉會在甜點端出來前就結束了。
Her birthday barbecue lasted until the garden lights went off.
她的生日烤肉會一直持續到花園燈都熄了。
文法句型
go to a barbecue
hold a barbecue
birthday barbecue
用法筆記
Usually used with verbs like have, hold, throw, or go to. Distinguish from sense 2: here the focus is the event and the people there, not only the food.
常見錯誤
4. meat cooked slowly with smoke and low heat, often with a rich sauce
燻烤肉
低溫煙燻慢烤的肉
meat cooked slowly with smoke and low heat, often with a rich sauce
Texas barbecue dripped with dark sauce and fell apart easily.
德州燻烤肉淋著深色醬汁，一夾就散開。
collocation: Texas barbecue
We ordered barbecue and beans from the truck near the stadium.
我們從體育場附近的餐車點了燻烤肉和豆子。
On Sundays, the shop sells pork barbecue by the kilo.
那家店每逢星期日都按公斤賣燻烤豬肉。
The smell of fresh barbecue reached us from two streets away.
新鮮燻烤肉的香味從兩條街外就飄到我們這裡。
His uncle taught him to slice barbecue with a long knife.
他叔叔教他用長刀把燻烤肉切片。
- smoked meat
describes the cooking method but is more general
- grilled meat
broader and does not always suggest slow cooking with smoke
- pulled pork
a much narrower kind of barbecue meat
文法句型
eat barbecue
pork barbecue
Texas barbecue
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when it means the food itself. Common with words naming meat or style, such as pork barbecue or Texas barbecue.
常見錯誤
barbecue — 動詞
1. to cook food outside on a barbecue, usually over hot coals, gas, or wood
燒烤
在烤肉架上把食物烤熟
to cook food outside on a barbecue, usually over hot coals, gas, or wood
We barbecued fish beside the river after the market closed.
市場收攤後，我們在河邊燒烤魚。
barbecue + food object
On warm nights, my parents barbecue in the yard.
天氣暖的晚上，我爸媽會在院子裡燒烤。
intransitive: barbecue in the yard
Jacob barbecued the burgers while Nina set the plates.
Jacob 在燒烤漢堡時，Nina 正在擺盤子。
By six o'clock, smoke was rising as neighbors barbecued on their balconies.
六點前後，鄰居們在陽台燒烤，煙已經升了起來。
Uncle Ray barbecued ribs for six hours over apple wood.
Ray 叔叔用蘋果木烤排骨，烤了六個小時。
文法句型
barbecue the chicken
barbecue outside
barbecue over charcoal
用法筆記
Can be transitive or intransitive. When an object is named, it is the food being cooked; without an object, the word means doing this style of cooking as an activity.