形容食物口感的單詞

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“酥脆的”、“鮮嫩多汁的”、“黏糊糊的”……這些在中文裡用來形容食物口感的單詞相對應的英語表達是什麼？主持人 Georgie 和步理在本期節目中介紹一些用來形容食物的常見單詞。一起聽節目，學習如何用 “delicious（美味的）” 以外的單詞來準確地為他人形容一道美食的口感吧！

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Buli
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “你問我答” 節目。I’m Buli.

Georgie
And I’m Georgie. We have a question here from one of our listeners.

Question
你好，請問如何準確地用英文描述不同食物的口感，而不僅僅是說 “delicious” 或 “tasty”？可以分享一些常用的形容詞或表達嗎？

Buli
By the way, what was the food like at that five-star restaurant you went to, Georgie?

Georgie

Oh, it was good! Very tasty.

Buli
OK… Is that it? No more details? Well, you wouldn’t be a very good food critic, Georgie. 那麼，想要準確、具體地形容某種食物的口味和口感時，我們可以使用哪些單詞和表達呢？

Georgie
OK, starting with ‘crispy’. Crispy foods have quite a hard texture and make a noise when you bite them. Think of snacks like nuts or crisps. You can make foods crispy by frying them. Let’s hear some examples.

Examples
Deep-fry the dumplings until they’re crispy on the outside and soft in the middle.
（將餃子放在油中炸至外酥裡軟。）

Dad likes his pizza crust crispy, but I prefer mine soft so it doesn’t hurt my mouth.

（爸爸喜歡口感酥脆的披薩餅邊，但我更喜歡軟一些的，這樣吃的時候不會傷到嘴。）

Buli
單詞 “crispy” 的意思是 “酥脆的”，通常用於形容類似薯片、酥皮等薄而脆的食物。而和 “crispy” 類似的單詞 “crunchy” 也可以用於形容 “口感偏硬、咬起來嘎吱嘎吱”的食物，意思是 “松脆的，嚼起來硬而脆的”。

Georgie
Yes. However, ‘crunchy’ extends to fruits and vegetables like carrots and apples that make a ‘crunch’ noise when you bite into them. But you could not use ‘crispy’ in the same way. Let’s hear another example.

Example
I can’t stand the noise of people eating crunchy foods in the office.
（我受不瞭別人在辦公室裡吃硬脆的東西時發出的聲音。）

Buli

和 “crispy” 相比，“crunchy” 還有一個不同之處，那就是它還可以用來形容類似胡蘿卜或蘋果等口感酥脆的水果和蔬菜，特別是在咀嚼時會發出響聲的食物。實際上，“crunchy” 的動詞和名詞形式 “crunch” 不但可以表示 “嘎吱嘎吱地嚼”，還可以描述 “吃口感發硬的東西時發出的嘎吱嘎吱的聲音”。

Georgie
OK, so crispy and crunchy are food textures which tend to make a noise when eating them. Let’s move on to textures related to liquid: juicy, succulent, moist and soggy. Juicy is another word which can describe an apple, or any fruit which is full of juice.

Buli
是的。“Juicy（多汁的，汁液豐富的）” 不但可以用來形容水分豐富的水果，還可以用來形容牛排或其它口感鮮嫩多汁的食物。類似的形容詞還有 “succulent（美味多汁的）”，它們都可以被用來形容水果和肉類。來聽兩個例句。

Examples
There’s nothing better than a ripe mango – they’re incredibly juicy!
（沒有什麼比一個熟透瞭的芒果更加美味的水果瞭，它們汁多味美！）

The restaurant is famous for its succulent steak – they cook it only briefly.

（這傢餐廳以其美味多汁的牛排而聞名，他們的做法是用猛火快煎。）

Georgie
Both ‘juicy’ and ‘succulent’ have positive connotations, whereas ‘moist’ means slightly wet and is neutral. You might want the food to be a little moist, or you might not. It depends on the food and the preference at the time.

Buli
是的。和 “juicy” 和 “succulent” 比起來，“moist（含水的，濕潤的）” 在形容食物時比較中性，表示一種和 “dry（幹的，幹燥的）” 相對的 “鮮的、飽滿的口感”。但如果食物 “濕乎乎、軟塌塌的，口感黏糊不好吃”，那麼就可以用 “soggy” 這個詞來形容。

Examples
That cake is cooked to perfection – lovely and moist and not too dry.
（這個蛋糕烤得幾乎完美，好看又松軟，一點也不幹。）

Let’s leave the cake in the oven for ten more minutes. It’s still a bit soggy.

（咱們把蛋糕在烤箱裡再多烤十分鐘吧。現在還是有些濕漉漉、軟塌塌的。）

Buli
最後，讓我們再來學習幾個常用來形容面包和糕點的單詞。在吃這類食物時，通常會容易掉渣或碎裂，這時我們就可以用 “flaky（容易掉渣的）” 和 “crumbly（易碎的）” 來描述它們。

Georgie
Now, imagine a doughnut filled with something soft like chocolate, jam or cream. ‘Gooey’ describes what’s inside and means soft and sticky. If you squeeze the doughnut, the inner core will ooze out. Let’s hear some examples.

Examples
Make sure you eat this tart on a plate, or it’ll go all over the floor. It’s very crumbly.
（一定要用盤子接著吃這個蛋糕撻，不然會弄得滿地都是。它很容易碎。）

If you put the cheese in the oven, it will come out with a gooey centre.