microwave
/ˈmaɪkrəˌwev/KK
/ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/IPA
maɪk·rə·wev
變化形
microwaves
1.
微波爐
一種利用微波快速加熱或烹調食物的廚房電器。
用法：作可數名詞使用。表示「用微波爐加熱」時，microwave 也可作動詞。
I heated last night's soup in the microwave for two minutes.
我把昨晚的湯放進微波爐加熱了兩分鐘。
Make sure the box is safe to use in a microwave before you heat your lunch.
加熱午餐前，請先確認盒子可以安全放進微波爐。
2.
用微波爐加熱
把食物放入微波爐中加熱或烹調。
用法：可直接說 microwave the food，不需要加介系詞。也常用被動語態，如 The rice was microwaved for one minute。
Could you microwave the rice while I set the table?
你可以在我擺餐具時幫忙微波加熱白飯嗎？
Put the dumplings in the microwave for three minutes.
把水餃放進微波爐三分鐘。
常見錯誤
Heat the food by microwave.
Heat the food in the microwave.／Microwave the food.
Please microwave the food by three minutes.
Please microwave the food for three minutes.
I use microwave to heat my lunch.
I use the microwave to heat my lunch.
Put the metal bowl into the microwave.
Do not put a metal bowl in the microwave.
相關字詞
學習提示
・microwave 作名詞時通常指「微波爐」，不是指「微波」這種電磁波；要表示後者多見於科技或學術語境。
・加熱食物最自然的兩種說法是 heat something in the microwave 與 microwave something。
・使用塑膠容器前，留意是否標示為可用微波爐加熱。