clove
UK [kləʊv] US [kloʊv] noun
PLANT PART 植物的部分
countable
■a small separate part of a bulb of garlic (= plant used in cooking) 蒜瓣•This recipe takes four cloves of garlic.这份食谱需要四瓣蒜。
UK [kləʊv] US [kloʊv] noun
SPICE 香料
countable or uncountable
■a small dark-brown dried flower of an evergreen (= never losing its leaves) tree, which is used as a spice （用作调味料的）丁香，干丁香花苞•The ham was studded with cloves.火腿上撒满了丁香。 •sweet spices such as ginger and clove姜和丁香之类的甜味香料
UK [kləʊv] US [kloʊv] verb past simple of
■cleave |