fries
fries — 名詞
1. potato sticks cut into slender shapes and cooked in very hot oil until the outsi
薯條
油炸的長條馬鈴薯食物
potato sticks cut into slender shapes and cooked in very hot oil until the outside turns brown and the inside stays soft; a common fast-food side dish.
Maeve ordered a cheeseburger with a large side of fries at the diner.
Maeve 在速食店點了一份起司漢堡和一份大薯。
collocation: side of fries
The children dipped their fries into ketchup and ate them while the movie played.
孩子們邊看電影邊把薯條沾番茄醬吃。
collocation: dip fries in ketchup
Quan asked for extra salt and vinegar on his fries from the food truck.
Quan 請餐車的店員在他的薯條上多加鹽和醋。
Baraka prefers thick-cut fries over the thin, crispy ones that most places serve.
Baraka 比較喜歡粗薯條，而不是大多數餐廳賣的那種細脆薯條。
The cafe serves sweet potato fries as a lighter alternative to regular potato fries.
那家咖啡館有賣地瓜薯條，作為一般馬鈴薯薯條的較清淡選擇。
- French fries
more formal or written than 'fries'; used on menus and packaging
- chips
standard British term; in the US, 'chips' means crisp, thin fried potato slices
文法句型
fries (plural noun, no singular form in this sense)
用法筆記
In British English, these are most often called 'chips', while in American English they are called 'fries' or 'French fries'. The singular form 'fry' is rarely used for a single piece of this food.
常見錯誤
fries — 動詞
- friespresent simple I / you / we / they
- frieses3rd person singular
- friesing-ing form
- friesedpast simple
1. to prepare food by heating it in hot oil or melted fat inside a cooking vessel s
油炸；油煎
用熱油烹調食物
to prepare food by heating it in hot oil or melted fat inside a cooking vessel set over direct heat, so that the outside becomes crisp and brown.
Vikram fries the chicken pieces in a pan with garlic and ginger until golden.
Vikram 用平底鍋加蒜和薑把雞肉塊煎到金黃。
transitive: fry + object
The onions should fry gently for about five minutes until they turn soft and sweet.
洋蔥應該用小火炒大約五分鐘，直到變軟變甜。
intransitive: fry + adverb + time
Antonia fried two eggs in butter for her breakfast this morning.
Antonia 今早用奶油煎了兩顆蛋當早餐。
The recipe says to fry the vegetables over high heat for only two minutes.
食譜上說要用大火把蔬菜炒兩分鐘就好。
Nicholas always fries his fish in olive oil instead of vegetable oil.
Nicholas 總是用橄欖油而不是植物油來煎魚。
- steam
to cook using hot steam instead of oil
文法句型
fry + object (food)
fry + adverb (fry slowly)
fry + for + time
用法筆記
Distinguish from 'deep-fry', which means to cook food fully submerged in hot oil. 'Fry' usually implies shallower oil that covers only part of the food.
常見錯誤
2. to execute someone by sending a powerful electric current through their body usi
電刑處死
用電椅執行死刑
to execute someone by sending a powerful electric current through their body using an electric chair, as a form of capital punishment — mostly used in informal or historical contexts.
The prison guard said that three men had been fried in that old electric chair.
獄警說那張老舊的電椅上曾經處死過三個人。
passive: be fried in electric chair
The novel follows an innocent man whom the state nearly fried for a murder he did not commit.
這本小說描述一個無辜的人差點被州政府以電椅處死的故事。
Ryan read that the state planned to fry the convicted killer at midnight.
Ryan 讀到州政府計畫在午夜對那名被判有罪的殺人犯執行電刑。
The documentary interviewed witnesses who saw the electric chair fry the prisoner in 1962.
那部紀錄片採訪了目擊者，他們親眼看見電椅在 1962 年處死了那名囚犯。
- electrocute
the formal, standard term for killing by electric shock
文法句型
be fried (by executioner/state)
fry + person (on electric chair)
用法筆記
This is an informal, slang term for electrocution by electric chair. The formal term is 'electrocute'. In modern contexts, use 'execute by electrocution' or simply 'electrocute'.
常見錯誤
3. to cause an electronic device or its internal parts to stop working by making th
燒壞；損壞
因過熱毀損電器
to cause an electronic device or its internal parts to stop working by making them extremely hot, typically because an electrical fault sends too much power through them.
A sudden power surge fried Zayd's computer motherboard during the thunderstorm.
一場雷雨中的突然電湧把 Zayd 的電腦主機板燒壞了。
cause: power surge fries device
Sivan plugged the wrong charger into her phone and fried the battery completely.
Sivan 把手機插錯了充電器，結果電池完全燒壞了。
The repair shop said the lightning strike had fried every circuit in the house.
維修店說雷擊把屋子裡的所有電路都燒壞了。
Min accidentally dropped the hairdryer into the sink and fried the motor beyond repair.
Min 不小心把吹風機掉進水槽裡，馬達因而燒壞無法修復。
- burn out
to stop working because of overheating; slightly less dramatic than 'fry'
- short-circuit
to fail due to an electrical fault that creates an unintended path for current
文法句型
fry + electronic device
be fried by surge/power spike
用法筆記
Common in informal conversation about electronics. The more formal alternatives are 'overheat and damage', 'short-circuit', or 'burn out'.
常見錯誤
4. to become extremely hot under strong sunlight or heat, often with the idea that
曬得發燙
因高溫而灼熱難受
to become extremely hot under strong sunlight or heat, often with the idea that one might get sunburned or feel uncomfortably hot.
The tourists lay on the beach and fried under the midday sun for hours.
觀光客躺在沙灘上，在正午的豔陽下曬了幾個小時。
intransitive: fry under the sun
Pedro forgot his hat and fried in the garden while weeding the vegetable patch.
Pedro 忘了戴帽子，在菜園裡除草時被太陽曬得發燙。
The pavement was so hot that the fallen leaves fried on the ground within minutes.
路面熱得發燙，掉落的樹葉幾分鐘內就在地上被烤乾了。
Erik warned the campers not to fry in the sun without applying sunscreen first.
Erik 警告露營的人，在塗防曬乳之前不要在太陽下曝曬。
文法句型
fry (without object)
fry in/under the sun
用法筆記
Always implies the sun or another heat source as the cause. Not used for simply feeling warm — there must be an intensity that causes burning or extreme discomfort.