eggs

Thân thiện

A farmer collects brown eggs from a chicken coop.

Definition

1. Noun (plural):
   • The oval reproductive body produced by female birds, especially chickens, used as a common food item. This refers to the physical object, consisting of a shell, yolk, and albumen (white), typically from a hen.

Usage

• Countable Noun: "Eggs" is typically used as a countable plural noun. You can have one egg, two eggs, a dozen eggs, etc.
• As a Food Ingredient: It is most commonly used to refer to the food product, which can be prepared in many ways (e.g., boiled, fried, scrambled).

Examples

• Noun:
  • She bought a carton of eggs from the market.
  • For breakfast, I had two boiled eggs and toast.
  • This recipe calls for three eggs.

Advanced Usage

• "To put all one's eggs in one basket": To risk everything on a single venture or idea.
  • Investing all your money in one company is like putting all your eggs in one basket.
• "To walk on eggs/eggshells": To be extremely cautious in one's actions or words to avoid upsetting someone.
  • After their argument, he felt like he was walking on eggs around her.

Variants and Related Words

• Egg (noun, singular): The singular form.
  • There is one egg left in the carton.
• Egg (verb): To encourage someone to do something, often something foolish or risky.
  • His friends egged him on to jump into the cold lake.
• Egg yolk (noun): The yellow, central part of an egg.
• Egg white (noun): The clear, viscous substance surrounding the yolk, also called albumen.

Synonyms

• Ova (biological term): The plural of ovum, used in scientific contexts.
• (No common direct food synonym): As a specific food item, "eggs" is the standard term. In recipes, you might see "large eggs" or "whole eggs" as specifications.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Egg on (phrasal verb): To urge or encourage someone to do something, typically something unwise.
  • The crowd egged the boxer on to continue fighting.

Related Idioms

• "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs": A saying advising against offering basic advice to someone who is already very experienced.
• "As sure as eggs is eggs": An old-fashioned idiom meaning absolutely certain.
  • He'll be late, as sure as eggs is eggs.

Học thuật

Noun

1. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

Từ đồng nghĩa

• egg