dragon fruit

短语

火龙果

发音

US
UK /ˈdɹæɡ.ən ˌfɹuːt/

词形变化

dragon fruits 复数 dragon fruits

别名

dragonfruit

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fruit of certain cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.), cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds.

    火龙果

    龙珠果

词源

From dragon + fruit; most likely a calque or literal translation of a term in a Southeast Asian language (compare Chinese 火龍果 /火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ, literally “fiery dragon fruit”). Initial English texts cite Vietnamese thanh long; however, this was constructed differently, being a Sino-Vietnamese term for "Azure Dragon" (青龍) re-used to reference the green, "unripe" color of the fruit. First attributed in 1963.

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