spoons

英 [spuːnz]

美 [spuːnz]

n.  勺; 匙; 调羹
v.  用勺舀
spoon的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 调羹;匙；小勺子
  Aspoonis an object used for eating, stirring, and serving food. One end of it is shaped like a shallow bowl and it has a long handle.
  1. He stirred his coffee with a spoon.
     他用一把小勺搅着自己的咖啡。
• N-COUNT 一匙之量
  You can refer to an amount of food resting on a spoon as aspoon offood.
  1. ...tea with two spoons of sugar.
     放了两匙糖的茶
• VERB 用匙舀取
  If youspoonfood into something, you put it there with a spoon.
  1. He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs...
     他舀了几勺速溶咖啡放进两个杯子中。
  2. Spoon the sauce over the meat.
     用调羹将调味汁浇在肉上。
• See also:greasy spoonslotted spoonsoup spoonwooden spoon
• PHRASE 出生于富贵人家
  If you think that someone has a lot of advantages because they have a rich or influential family, you can say that they have beenborn with a silver spoon intheirmouth.
  1. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and everything has been done for her.
     她出生于富贵人家，什么事都已为她安排得好好的。

双语例句

• We ate handfuls of bittersweet chocolate chips and licked peanut butter off spoons.
  我们吃光一把又一把甜中带苦的巧克力片，把勺子上的花生酱舔得干干净净。
• Magnets held down their knives, forks and spoons.
  磁铁可以吸住他们的刀子、叉子和勺子。
• Children can set the table with bowls, spoons and cereal boxeseverything but the milk.
  孩子们可以在桌子摆好碗，匙和谷物食品以及除了牛奶以外一切的东西。
• There were forks, knives, spoons, and chopsticks.
  他们是叉子，刀子，勺子和筷子。
• She polished the silver spoons till they shone.
  她把银匙擦得铮亮。
• Are these forks or spoons?
  这些是叉子还是勺子？
• I'd like to buy12 bowls and12 spoons.
  我想买12个碗和12个羹匙。
• We need eleven spoons!
  我们需要11个勺子！
• Using 2 spoons, mould the cheese mixture into small balls or ovals
  用两把小匙将奶酪混合物塑成圆球或椭圆球形状。
• She served our meals late, drank all our wine, and stole all our silver spoons.
  她开饭晚点，喝掉了我们所有的酒，还偷走了我们所有的银汤勺。