- [uncountable, countable] (British English) (North American English jello, Jell-O™ [uncountable])
a cold sweet transparent food made from gelatin, sugar and fruit juice, that shakes when it is moved 果凍 jelly and ice cream 果凍冰淇淋 a raspberry jelly 山莓凍
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lemon
- raspberry
- strawberry
- …
- eat
- have
- make
- …
- set
- jiggle
- wiggle
- …
- mould/mold
- in jelly
- [uncountable]
a substance like jelly made from gelatin and meat juices, served around meat, fish, etc. synonym aspic肉凍 chicken in jelly 雞肉凍
- [uncountable, countable]
a type of jam that does not contain any pieces of fruit (不含水果塊的)果醬 blackcurrant jelly 黑加侖果醬
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- currant
- grape
- strawberry
- …
- make
- spread
- doughnut
- roll
- sandwich
- …
- [uncountable]
any thick sticky substance, especially a type of cream used on the skin see also KY jelly™, petroleum jelly, royal jelly膠狀物,膠凝物(尤指護膚霜) - (also jelly shoe)[countable]
a light plastic shoe designed for wearing on the beach and in the sea (海灘和海上穿的)輕便塑料鞋
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French gelee ‘frost, jelly’, from Latin gelata ‘frozen’, from gelare ‘freeze’, from gelu ‘frost’.
Idioms
be/feel like jelly | turn to jelly
(of legs or knees )雙腿或雙膝 to feel weak because you are nervous 緊張得發軟