N-COUNT 调羹;匙;小勺子 A spoon is an object used for eating, stirring, and serving food. One end of it is shaped like a shallow bowl and it has a long handle.
He stirred his coffee with a spoon. 他用一把小勺搅着自己的咖啡。
N-COUNT 一匙之量 You can refer to an amount of food resting on a spoon as a spoon of food.
...tea with two spoons of sugar. 放了两匙糖的茶
VERB 用匙舀取 If you spoon food into something, you put it there with a spoon.
He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs... 他舀了几勺速溶咖啡放进两个杯子中。
PHRASE 出生于富贵人家 If you think that someone has a lot of advantages because they have a rich or influential family, you can say that they have been born with a silver spoon in their mouth .
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and everything has been done for her. 她出生于富贵人家,什么事都已为她安排得好好的。