onion

英 ['ʌnjən] 美 ['ʌnjən]

• n. 洋葱

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]洋葱(头)

   a strong-smelling round white vegetable made up of one skin within another, used in cooking

2. [U](食物)洋葱,葱头

   this vegetable as food

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 【植】洋葱，圆葱
2. 洋葱头，葱头
3. 葱属（Allium cepa）植物，有关葱类植物

v. 动词

1. 因洋葱使掉泪

英英释义

Noun:

1. the bulb of an onion plant

2. bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

3. an aromatic flavorful vegetable

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I don't like the flavor of onion.
   我不喜欢洋葱的味道。
2. This soup tastes strongly of onion.
   这汤洋葱味太浓。
3. We had steak and fried onion for dinner.
   我们晚餐吃牛排和炒洋葱。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She bought some onions.
   她买了些洋葱。
2. We grow onions in the garden.
   我们在园子里种洋葱。
3. He chopped onions to make a sauce.
   他剁洋葱作沙司。
4. There is too much onion in the salad.
   色拉中洋葱太多。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• pull onions 拔几根洋葱
• put onions in 把洋葱放在…里

形容词+～

• a few onions 几个洋葱
• green Chinese onions 葱

～+名词

• onion bulbs 洋葱头

介词+～

• of onions 有洋葱的味道

～+介词

• onion in the salad 色拉里放的洋葱

词源解说

• ☆ 12世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的oignon，意为洋葱；最初源自拉丁语的unionem。

近反义词

【近义词】

• Allium cepa 洋葱