[N-VAR 可变名词]丁香(用作香料)Cloves are small dried flower buds which are used as a spice.
...chicken soup with cloves.
丁香鸡汤
2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](大蒜的)一瓣 A clove of garlic is one of the sections of a garlic bulb.
[usu N of n]
3
Clove is a past tense of cleave.
Oxford
clove/kləʊv; NAmEkloʊv/noun _spices_comp.jpg _clove.jpg 1[countable , uncountable ]the dried flower of a tropical tree, used in cooking as a spice, especially to give flavour to sweet foods. Cloveslook like small nails. 丁香(热带树木的干花,形似小钉子,用于烹饪调味,尤用作甜食的香料)2[countable ]a garlic ~|a ~ of garlicone of the small separate sections of a bulb(= the round underground part) of garlic蒜瓣☞see also
cleave
v.cloveclovesclove/kləʊv; NAmEkloʊv/
LDC
clove1 noun
clove2
cloveclove1 /kləʊv $ kloʊv/ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
word sets
Collocations
1clove (1)one of the separate parts that form a garlic plant: a clove of garlic2a black spice (=something used to give a special taste to food) with a strong sweet smell
clove1 noun
clove2
cloveclove2
Collocations
a past tense of cleave
WDF
clove
[kləʊv]
n6099
4562
71
158
2818
1493
22
NOUN9257
63343
Spoken:
16518671
cloves[337]
丁香(89%),劈开(11%)
n.[植][中医] 丁香
v.劈开(cleave的过去式)
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