walnut

walnut — 名詞

1. a hard-shelled nut with a light brown, wrinkled surface and a mild bitter flavou

1.名詞B1
釋義

核桃

可食用的帶殼堅果

a hard-shelled nut with a light brown, wrinkled surface and a mild bitter flavour, eaten on its own or used in baking and cooking.

例句

Jiwoo chopped some walnuts and added them to the cake batter.

Jiwoo 切碎一些核桃，加入蛋糕麵糊中。

chopped walnuts / added [them] to [dish]

A handful of walnuts makes a healthy afternoon snack.

一把核桃就是一份健康的下午點心。

用法筆記

Can be used as a countable noun (a walnut, two walnuts) when referring to individual nuts, or as an uncountable noun when referring to the ingredient (add some walnut to the salad).

常見錯誤

❌I ate a walnut cookie' (when the cookie contained pecans).
✅I ate a pecan cookie.
💡Walnuts have a wrinkled, brain-like surface; pecans are smoother and oblong in shape.

2. a tree that loses its leaves in winter, with broad leaves, that produces walnuts

2.名詞B1
釋義

核桃樹

結核桃的落葉喬木

a tree that loses its leaves in winter, with broad leaves, that produces walnuts and is grown in many cooler parts of the world for its nuts and its wood.

例句

An old walnut tree stood in the corner of the garden.

花園角落裡有一棵老核桃樹。

walnut tree in a garden / specific location

The farmer planted three walnut trees near the stream.

農夫在小溪邊種了三棵核桃樹。

3. the hard, warm-toned brown wood obtained from walnut trees, valued for its attra

3.名詞B2
釋義

核桃木

核桃樹的深色木材

the hard, warm-toned brown wood obtained from walnut trees, valued for its attractive grain and used to make fine furniture, cabinets, and musical instruments.

例句

The dining table is made of solid walnut.

這張餐桌是用實心核桃木製成的。

collocation: made of solid + [wood]

Christopher chose solid walnut for his new bookshelves.

Christopher 選了實心核桃木來做他的新書架。

用法筆記

Used as an uncountable noun when referring to the material (a table made of walnut).