aubergine

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n. 茄子

发音

UK /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/
其它
US /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/
IN /ɔbə(r).(d)ʒin/

词形变化

aubergines 复数 aubergines

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

    爱尔兰 可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A dark purple colour; eggplant.

    茄紫色

    红紫色

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

    爱尔兰 可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

eggplant mad-apple brinjal garden egg

上位词 1

herb

部分词 2

eggplant mad-apple

整体词 4

eggplant brinjal garden egg mad-apple

词源

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal.

来源：wiktionary