🇬🇧🇨🇳 caramel - 焦糖 : English Lesson

Meaning of "caramel" ("焦糖"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Caramel is a delicious, sweet, golden-brown candy made by melting sugar. It can be soft, chewy, or gooey, and people love to eat it on its own or drizzled on desserts like ice cream, apples, or popcorn. Caramel has a smooth, buttery flavor that makes it super tasty and a favorite treat in many candies and snacks.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The caramel was so chewy that I think my jaw got a full workout!

My grandpa said he once ate a caramel so big, it took him three days to chew it.

I tried to unwrap a caramel quietly during class – spoiler alert: I failed.

I left my caramel in the sun, and now it’s more like caramel soup!

I was saving my caramel for later, but later turned out to be 30 seconds after I said that.

At the stove, Lina watched caramel darken to a shiny brown. Spoonfuls of caramel dripped slowly; the kitchen smelled sweet. She dipped an apple in caramel, fingers sticky, and tasted warm caramel on her lips. The child laughed, wiping sticky caramel from their chin, then sighed, happily full of sweet caramel.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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