lime
【石灰,青柠【lime juice 青柠汁】】
"Lime" 这个词有多种含义,主要用作名词和动词,具体含义取决于上下文。
作为名词:
- 石灰:一种由石灰石(主要成分是碳酸钙)加热煅烧得到的化学物质,通常用于建筑、农业和化学工业。
- The workers used lime to make the mortar for the building.
(工人们用石灰来制作建筑用的砂浆。)
- The workers used lime to make the mortar for the building.
- 青柠(或称莱姆):一种绿色的小型柑橘类水果,味道酸,用于饮料、烹饪等。
- I squeezed some lime into my water to add flavor.
(我在水里挤了一些青柠汁,增加风味。)
- I squeezed some lime into my water to add flavor.
作为动词:
- 用石灰处理:指使用石灰来处理某些材料或土地,例如改良土壤的酸度。
- Farmers often lime their fields to improve soil quality.
(农民们通常会用石灰处理田地,以改善土壤质量。)
- Farmers often lime their fields to improve soil quality.
- 涂上石灰:指在墙面或其他物体上涂抹石灰,通常是为了清洁或保护。
- The old building had its walls limed to preserve them.
(这座老建筑的墙面涂上了石灰以保护它们。)
- The old building had its walls limed to preserve them.
常见搭配:
- Lime juice:青柠汁
- I love adding lime juice to my fish tacos.
(我喜欢在我的鱼玉米饼中加入青柠汁。)
- I love adding lime juice to my fish tacos.
- Lime green:青柠绿色
- She painted her room a bright lime green.
(她把她的房间涂成了鲜亮的青柠绿色。)
- She painted her room a bright lime green.
- Lime the soil:用石灰处理土壤
- To reduce soil acidity, farmers often lime their fields.
(为了减少土壤的酸度,农民们通常会用石灰处理田地。)
- To reduce soil acidity, farmers often lime their fields.
根据不同的上下文,"lime" 可以指石灰、青柠或与之相关的其他用法。