冰箱

• 拼音: bīng xiāng
• 汉字拆解: 冰 = 冫(ice radical) + 水 (water); 箱 = 竹 (bamboo) + 相 (appearance, phonetic) — originally a bamboo chest

含义

Refrigerator; fridge. The standard word for the household appliance used to keep food cold.

Refers to both the refrigerator compartment and the freezer section. In everyday speech, 冰箱 covers the whole appliance. Sometimes people specify 冷冻室 (freezer compartment) or 冷藏室 (fridge compartment) when they need to be precise.

例句

1. 牛奶喝完了，你去冰箱里再拿一瓶。
2. 剩下的饭菜应该放进冰箱，不然会坏掉。
3. 我们家的冰箱太小了，放不下这么多东西。

用法指南

语境: home, everyday, food

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 你把水果放冰箱里吧。(Put the fruit in the fridge.)
• 冰箱里还有昨天买的菜。(There are still vegetables from yesterday in the fridge.)

错误说法

• 说'冰箱坏了'来表示食物变质了 (Don't say 冰箱坏了 when you mean the food went bad — 冰箱坏了 means the fridge itself is broken; say 食物坏了 for spoiled food)

起源与历史

冰 means 'ice' and 箱 means 'box' or 'chest'. The compound literally describes an 'ice box', reflecting the original concept of cooling food with ice before electric refrigerators.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal