cantaloupe
n. 罗马甜瓜
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教材释义与例句
哈密瓜；香瓜； 罗马甜瓜
释义与例句
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Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
麝香甜瓜
罗马甜瓜
皱皮瓜
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Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
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An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
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A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
俚语Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.
词汇关系
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From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf". Named after Cantalupo in Sabina, a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.
来源：wiktionary