音标:英 [frɪdʒ],美 [frɪdʒ]
词性:名词,意为“电冰箱”,是口语中常用的非正式说法,正式表达为“refrigerator”。其复数形式为“fridges”。
词源:缩写自“refrigerator”,1926年开始使用,可能受早期冰箱品牌Frigidaire影响,该品牌名源自拉丁语“frigidarium”(浴室中的冷却室)。
in the fridge:在冰箱里。
例:There are some fruits in the fridge.(冰箱里有一些水果。)
fridge magnet:冰箱贴。
例:She collects fridge magnets from different places.(她收集各地的冰箱贴。)
open the fridge:打开冰箱。
例:He opened the fridge to get a drink.(他打开冰箱拿饮料。)
fridge-freezer:双门冰箱(带冷冻和冷藏功能)。
clean the fridge:清洁冰箱。
The fridge door was open and food was scattered across the floor.(冰箱门开着,食物散落在地板上。)
Keep what's left in a covered container in the fridge.(把剩下的食物装入带盖容器放进冰箱。)
Defrost the fridge regularly so that it works at maximum efficiency.(定期给冰箱除霜以保持高效运行。)
He took a can of beer from the fridge.(他从冰箱里取出一罐啤酒。)
Everything in that fridge had been poisoned.(那个冰箱里的所有东西都被下了毒。)
You wrap that up and then pop it into the fridge.(把它包好放进冰箱。)
She decorated the front of the fridge with colorful fridge magnets.(她用彩色冰箱贴装饰冰箱正面。)
The fridge is full of food, so we don't need to go shopping today.(冰箱里装满了食物,今天不用去购物了。)
Once it's gone in the fridge, it then sets.(放进冰箱后它会凝固。)
I went through your fridge while you were out.(你不在时我翻了你的冰箱。)
同义词:icebox(美式英语中较旧的说法)、cooler(便携式冷藏箱)。
易混淆词:
bridge(桥):词形相近,含义无关。
fudge(软糖;捏造):发音和词形相似,但意义不同。
冰箱作为现代家庭的必备电器,其名称“fridge”从正式的“refrigerator”简化而来,折射出语言在日常使用中的便捷化趋势。下次打开冰箱时,或许你会想起这个词背后的品牌故事与语言演变。