每天三分钟学英语 第360期:英文"蘸"怎么说?

 情景对话：
A: I'm overwhelmed by this breakfast menu. There are so many egg choices. What are you getting?
B: Can't go wrong with an eggs benedict. A poached egg on an English muffin with hollandaise sauce.
A: I'm not really a fan of runny yolk¹. I don't like the texture². You know, it's solid and liquid.
B: I know what you're saying, but I love sopping⁴ up runny yolk with toast.

知识点讲解：

Eggs benedict
班尼迪克蛋

Poached egg
水波蛋/卧鸡蛋

English muffin
英式松饼

Hollandaise sauce
荷兰汁

Egg yolk + butter + lemon juice
鸡蛋黄+黄油+柠檬汁

(You) can't go wrong with…
选…没错的/…是个很好的选择。

You can't go wrong with this brand.
选这个牌子没错的。

Runny yolk
流心蛋黄

Runny
流动的，不是固体的

I have a runny nose.
我在流鼻涕。

I'm not really a fan of…
我不太喜欢…

I'm not really a fan of chocolate cake.
我不太喜欢巧克力蛋糕。

Sop³ up
蘸（通常用于食物），吸水
用法：Sop up A with B

Use the bread to sop up that gravy⁵. It's delicious.
用面包去蘸肉汁。超好吃。

I like to put a scoop⁶ of rice in to sop up the soup and eat it that way.
我喜欢放一勺米饭进去，泡汤吃。

Dip in

I like to dip carrots in ranch⁷ dressing⁸.
我喜欢吃胡萝卜蘸田园酱。

Have you ever dipped strawberries in chocolate?
你试过用草莓蘸巧克力吃吗？

1 yolk   

n.蛋黄，卵黄

参考例句：

• This dish would be more delicious with some yolk powder.加点蛋黄粉，这道菜就会更好吃。
• Egg yolk serves as the emulsifying agent in salad dressing.在色拉调味时，蛋黄能作为乳化剂。

2 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

3 sop   

n.湿透的东西，懦夫；v.浸，泡，浸湿

参考例句：

• I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.我用拖把把泼出的水擦干。
• The playground was a mere sop.操场很湿。

4 sopping   

adj. 浑身湿透的 动词sop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• We are sopping with rain. 我们被雨淋湿了。
• His hair under his straw hat was sopping wet. 隔着草帽，他的头发已经全湿。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

5 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。

6 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。

7 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

8 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。