“Mixing bowl”指拌合碗/搅拌碗:用于把食材(如面粉、鸡蛋、酱料等)混合、搅拌的碗,常见材质有不锈钢、玻璃、陶瓷或塑料。口语中也可泛指“用来调拌的碗”。(另:在美式英语中偶尔也有比喻用法,指“多元文化的大熔炉/大拼盘”,但最常见义为厨房器具。)
/ˈmɪksɪŋ boʊl/
Put the flour and eggs in a mixing bowl.
把面粉和鸡蛋放进搅拌碗里。
After whisking the dressing in a mixing bowl, she folded in the vegetables and served the salad immediately.
她在搅拌碗里把调味汁打匀后,再把蔬菜拌进去,马上把沙拉端上桌。
“Mixing”来自动词 mix(混合、搅拌),其来源可追溯到古英语 miscian(混合);“bowl”意为“碗”,源自日耳曼语系中表示“容器/碗”的词根。合起来就是“用于混合的碗”,属于功能性复合名词。