clove
clove — 名詞
1. a single segment of a garlic bulb, covered by its own thin papery skin, that can
蒜瓣
蒜頭中分開的小瓣
a single segment of a garlic bulb, covered by its own thin papery skin, that can be separated from the bulb and cooked or eaten on its own
The recipe calls for two cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
食譜需要兩瓣大蒜，切碎。
countable noun: clove of garlic
Ravi peeled a single clove and crushed it into the pan.
Ravi 剝了一瓣蒜，把它壓碎放進鍋裡。
collocation: peel / crush a clove
To prepare the garlic, separate the bulb into individual cloves before slicing.
準備大蒜時，先把整顆蒜頭分成一瓣一瓣再切片。
A clove of garlic can be sliced thin and roasted with vegetables.
一瓣大蒜可以切成薄片，和蔬菜一起烤。
Beatriz pressed each clove with the flat side of a knife to remove the skin.
Beatriz 用刀背按壓每瓣蒜，把皮剝掉。
文法句型
countable noun: a clove of garlic
用法筆記
When referring to a single segment, clove is a countable noun used with the partitive phrase 'clove of garlic' — the garlic itself is an uncountable mass noun.
常見錯誤
2. a dried flower bud from a tropical tree, dark brown and shaped like a small nail
丁香
用作香料的小花蕾
a dried flower bud from a tropical tree, dark brown and shaped like a small nail, that people cook with either in its whole form or ground into powder to add warm sweet flavour to food
Theo added a pinch of ground clove to the pumpkin pie filling.
Theo 在南瓜派餡料裡加了一小撮丁香粉。
collocation: a pinch of ground clove
Whole cloves are often stuck into oranges to make a festive Christmas decoration.
人們常把整粒丁香插在柳橙上，做成聖誕節的裝飾品。
passive: be stuck into [fruit]
Clove oil is sometimes used to relieve tooth pain in traditional remedies.
丁香油有時用來緩解牙痛，是傳統療法的一種。
These cookies are flavored with cinnamon and clove.
這些餅乾加了肉桂和丁香調味。
A single clove can add strong flavour to a pot of hot apple cider.
把一粒丁香放入一鍋熱蘋果酒中，就能增添濃郁的風味。
文法句型
countable noun: a whole clove (individual dried bud)
uncountable noun: ground clove (powdered spice)
用法筆記
Countable when referring to individual dried buds ('add three whole cloves to the pot'); uncountable when referring to the ground spice ('add half a teaspoon of clove'). Not to be confused with the garlic clove (sense 1) — the two are unrelated in origin.
常見錯誤
clove — 動詞
1. the literary or archaic past tense form of the verb cleave, used to describe spl
劈開；緊貼
cleave 的過去式，文語用法
the literary or archaic past tense form of the verb cleave, used to describe splitting something apart forcefully or sticking closely to something such as a belief or tradition
The warrior clove the enemy's shield in two with a heavy axe.
戰士用一把重斧將敵人的盾牌劈成兩半。
literary register: 'clove in two'
The ship clove through the dark waves as it sailed north.
船隻向北航行時，劃破了深色的海浪。
literary: 'clove through [something]'
Grandfather Kofi clove to his family's old traditions despite pressure from younger villagers.
Kofi 祖父堅守家族的古老傳統，不顧年輕村民的壓力。
The ancient sword clove the air with a sharp whistling sound.
那把古劍在空中劃過，發出尖銳的嗖嗖聲。
文法句型
transitive: clove + noun phrase + in two/into pieces
intransitive: clove + through + noun phrase
intransitive: clove + to + noun phrase
用法筆記
This form is found mainly in older literature, poetry, or deliberate archaism. In modern English, the past tense 'cleaved' is preferred for both the 'split' and 'stick' meanings of the verb cleave.