🇬🇧🇨🇳 hamburger - 汉堡包 : English Lesson

Meaning of "hamburger" ("汉堡包"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A hamburger is a round, flat piece of cooked minced beef that you usually eat inside a sliced bread bun. People often add cheese, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, and other toppings. You hold a hamburger in your hands and take bites from it like a sandwich. Hamburgers are often eaten for lunch or dinner, especially at picnics, parties, and restaurants.

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

The cat sniffed my hamburger, looked offended, and walked away like it ordered something fancier.

The wind blew, my hamburger flipped, and suddenly the dog had a very good day.

I tried to count the sesame seeds on my hamburger bun, but I got hungry at number 14.

Grandpa said his hamburger was perfect, then his dentures stayed in the bun when he took a bite.

The hamburger is named after the city of Hamburg in Germany, not because it has ham in it.

At the park, a small boy cradled a warm hamburger, eyes wide. He smelled the meat and bread, then dropped the hamburger when a dog dashed by. The dog took the hamburger, left a slobbery grin. The boy laughed, bought another hamburger, and shared it with the dog, both happy with the hot hamburger.

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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