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spoon

noun
 
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  1.  
     a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at the end, used for mixing, serving and eating food勺；匙；调羹
    • a plastic/metal spoon塑料/金属勺
    • a soup spoon汤匙
    • Wait until the chocolate melts completely, stirring with a spoon.等待直到巧克力完全融化，然后用勺子搅拌。
    • Press the top down gently with the back of a spoon.用勺子的背面轻轻按下顶部。
    • Thai food is eaten with a spoon. 泰国食品用勺子吃。
    see also dessertspoon, egg-and-spoon race, greasy spoon, measuring spoon, slotted spoon, tablespoon, teaspoon, wooden spoon
    Extra Examples
    • I stirred my coffee with the sugar spoon.我用糖勺搅了搅咖啡。
    • The children argued over who should lick the spoon.究竟谁该舔那把勺子，孩子们争吵不休。
    • a 5 ml measuring spoon5 毫升的量勺
    Topics Cooking and eatinga2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slotted
    • serving
    • soup
    • …
    verb + spoon
    • pick up
    • put down
    • hold
    • …
    preposition
    • spoon of
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  2. (also spoonful)
     the amount that a spoon can hold用勺舀
    • two spoons of sugar两勺糖
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slotted
    • serving
    • soup
    • …
    verb + spoon
    • pick up
    • put down
    • hold
    • …
    preposition
    • spoon of
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English spōn ‘chip of wood’, of Germanic origin; related to German Span ‘shaving’. The current noun sense is of Scandinavian origin. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.
Idioms
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
  1. (saying) having rich parents生于富裕之家；出身富裕

spoon

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spoon
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he / she / it spoons
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past simple spooned
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past participle spooned
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-ing form spooning
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  1. spoon something + 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。🔊🔊
    Word OriginOld English spōn ‘chip of wood’, of Germanic origin; related to German Span ‘shaving’. The current noun sense is of Scandinavian origin. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.