pumpkin

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n. 南瓜

发音

US /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/
US /ˈpʰʌm(p).kʰɪn/
AU
US /ˈpʰʌŋ̥kɪn/
其它

词形变化

pumpkins 复数 pumpkins

别名

pompkin punkin

教材释义与例句

名词

南瓜

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

    南瓜

    番瓜

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

    南瓜

    番瓜

    朱瓜

    金瓜

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

    不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.

    澳大利亚 可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

    美国 可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents.

    可数 非正式 不可数 汽车 交通

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

vegetable squash veggie veg

部分词 1

pumpkinseed

相关短语

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词源

Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.

来源：wiktionary