herb
herb — 名詞
1. a plant grown for its leaves, seeds, or flowers that people add to food for extr
香草；藥草
用於調味或製藥的植物
a plant grown for its leaves, seeds, or flowers that people add to food for extra taste or use as a natural remedy for illness
Salma added fresh herbs to the soup just before serving it.
Salma 在湯起鍋前加入了新鮮香草。
collocation: fresh herbs
In many traditional remedies, herbs are dried and then boiled to make tea.
在許多傳統療法裡，人們會先把藥草曬乾，再煮成茶來喝。
passive: are dried and then boiled
Fresh herbs like basil and mint grow well in small kitchen pots.
新鮮香草，例如羅勒和薄荷，很適合種在小廚房的花盆裡。
Jiwoo asked the chef which herbs go best with roasted chicken.
Jiwoo 問廚師，烤雞搭配哪種香草最好吃。
The smell of dried herbs in Tunde's shop reminded Camila of her grandmother's garden.
Tunde 店裡乾燥藥草的氣味，讓 Camila 想起外婆的花園。
- potherb
rare and technical; refers to any leafy plant cooked and eaten as a vegetable or flavouring
- aromatic plant
emphasises strong scent rather than specific culinary or medicinal use
- spice
comes from seeds, bark, or roots rather than leaves; nearly always sold dried
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, herb usually refers to plants used for cooking or medicine. When talking about food, herbs are typically fresh or dried leaves — contrast with spice, which comes from seeds, bark, or roots and is nearly always dried.
常見錯誤
2. a plant that has a soft green stem rather than a hard woody one, and that usuall
草本植物
莖部柔軟無木質的植物
a plant that has a soft green stem rather than a hard woody one, and that usually dies back to the ground after its flowering season
Arjun learned in biology class that herbs have soft stems that never turn woody.
Arjun 在生物課上學到，草本植物的莖是軟的，永遠不會變成木質。
pattern: that-clause after learned
Unlike trees and shrubs, herbs die back to the ground every winter and regrow in spring.
跟喬木和灌木不同，草本植物每年冬天會枯萎到地面，春天再重新生長。
contrast with: trees and shrubs
A banana plant is actually a giant herb, not a tree, as Sirin learned in botany class.
Sirin 在植物學課上發現，香蕉樹其實是一種大型草本植物，而不是喬木。
The botany professor told the class that a herb produces flowers and seeds but no bark.
植物學教授告訴全班，草本植物會開花結籽，但不會長出樹皮。
In winter the meadow looks bare, but the herbs are alive underground, waiting for spring.
冬天的草地看起來光禿禿的，但那些草本植物還活在地底下，等待春天的來臨。
- herbaceous plant
the formal botanical term for the same category; commonly used in garden writing
用法筆記
Common in botany and horticulture textbooks. Trees and shrubs are the opposite category — they have woody stems that persist above ground year after year. Many culinary herbs (sense 1) are also botanical herbs, but not all: rosemary and thyme, for example, have woody stems and are technically shrubs, even though their leaves are used as culinary herbs.