tomato
tomato — 名詞
1. a soft, round fruit that turns red, orange, or yellow when it is ready to eat, w
番茄
可生食或烹調的紅色多汁蔬果
a soft, round fruit that turns red, orange, or yellow when it is ready to eat, with juicy flesh and many very small seeds inside, most often used raw in salads or cooked in sauces, soups, and other dishes
Noa sliced fresh tomatoes for the salad she was making for dinner.
Noa 為她正在準備的晚餐沙拉切了一些新鮮番茄。
collocation: slice + a + tomato
Adding chopped tomatoes to the soup gives it a deeper, richer taste.
在湯裡加入切碎的番茄，能讓味道變得更浓郁。
gerund subject: adding + [ingredient] + to + [dish]
The smell of ripe tomatoes reminds Léa of her grandmother's summer garden.
熟番茄的香味讓 Léa 想起祖母夏天的菜園。
For the best tomato sauce, start with the reddest, freshest tomatoes you can buy.
要做最好的番茄酱，就要從你能買到最紅、最新鮮的番茄開始。
Bao ate cherry tomatoes straight from the bowl like they were sweets.
Bao 把櫻桃番茄直接從碗裡拿來吃，就像吃糖果一樣。
文法句型
a/an + tomato
tomato + noun (as modifier)
用法筆記
The plural form is 'tomatoes', not 'tomatos'. Botanically a fruit, but in cooking it is most often treated as a vegetable.
常見錯誤
❖ 'I bought two tomatos.' ✅ 'I bought two tomatoes.' — The plural of 'tomato' is 'tomatoes', with '-es', not '-s'.
❖ 'I don't like tomato.' (meaning the food in general) ✅ 'I don't like tomatoes.' — When talking about the food as a general category, use the plural form.
2. a garden plant with hairy stems and small yellow flowers that bears soft, round
番茄植株
長出番茄果實的植物
a garden plant with hairy stems and small yellow flowers that bears soft, round fruit, grown in warm weather across many parts of the world
Hao planted tomato seeds in early spring to get a good harvest.
Hao 在早春播下番茄種子，希望有好的收成。
collocation: plant + tomato + seeds
Tomato plants need at least six hours of sunlight each day to grow well.
番茄植株每天至少需要六小時的陽光才能長得好。
Ife tied her tall tomato plants to wooden sticks so they would not fall over.
Ife 把長高的番茄植株綁在木棍上，以免它們倒下。
In warm countries, tomato plants can produce fruit for many months of the year.
在溫暖的國家，番茄植株一年中有好幾個月都能結果。
Removing the extra shoots from tomato plants helps the remaining fruit grow bigger.
把番茄植株上多餘的側芽摘掉，能幫助剩下的果實長得更大。
文法句型
tomato plant(s)
grow + tomato + [noun]
用法筆記
Subject is usually 'tomato plant(s)' rather than 'tomato(s)' alone when referring to the living plant. Saying 'the tomato is a warm-weather crop' is also possible but much less common.
常見錯誤
❖ 'The tomato grows very fast.' (meaning the plant) ✅ 'The tomato plant grows very fast.' — Use 'tomato plant' to refer to the growing plant; 'tomato' alone usually means the fruit.