[N-COUNT 可数名词]调羹;匙;小勺子 A spoon is 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.
He stirred his coffee with a spoon.
他用一把小勺搅着自己的咖啡。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]一匙之量 You can refer to an amount of food resting on a spoon as a spoon of food.
[usu N of n]
...tea with two spoons of sugar.
放了两匙糖的茶
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[VERB 动词]用匙舀取 If you spoon food into something, you put it there with a spoon.
[V n prep]
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。
Spoon the sauce over the meat.
用调羹将调味汁浇在肉上。
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See also:
greasy spoon
;
slotted spoon
;
soup spoon
;
wooden spoon
;
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[PHRASE 短语]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 been born with a silver spoon in their mouth .
[Ns inflect]
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。
Oxford
spoon★/spuːn; NAmEspuːn/
noun
,
verb
spoonspoonsspoonedspooningnoun★1★a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at the end, used for stirring, serving and eating food 勺;匙;调羹◆a soup spoon汤匙◆a wooden spoon木勺☞see also
dessertspoon
,
greasy spoon
,
tablespoon
,
teaspoon
(1 )2=
spoonful
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born
verbspoonsth + adv./prep. to lift and move food with a spoon 用勺舀◆She spooned the sauce over the chicken pieces.她用勺把沙司浇到鸡块上。spoon/spuːn; NAmEspuːn/
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spoon1 noun
spoon2 verb
spoonspoon1 /spuːn/ ●●●S3 noun [countable]
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1spoon (1)an object that you use for eating, cooking, or serving food. It has a small bowl-shaped part and a long handle2a spoonfulspoon of two spoons of sugar → be born with a silver spoon in your mouth