yam

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n. 山药, 薯蓣 [医] 薯蓣属植物

发音

UK /jæm/
US /jæm/

词形变化

yams 复数 yams 三单 yamming 现在分词 yammed 过去式 yammed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

    山药

  2. 2.

    The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.

  3. 3.

    A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.

    美国
  4. 4.

    A potato.

    苏格兰
  5. 5.

    An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.

    新西兰
  6. 6.

    Taro.

    新加坡
  7. 7.

    An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.

  8. 1.

    Home.

v.
  1. 1.

    Pronunciation spelling of am.

  2. 1.

    To eat.

    英国 俚语
  3. 1.

    To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.

    体育 游戏

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:yam.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

vine tuber root vegetable sweet potato

下位词 5

air potato Chinese yam cinnamon vine cush-cush water yam

相关短语

yam yam yam yams yam cake yam cakes yam bean 西印度豆薯; 地瓜 yam beans yam daisy yam daisies yam stick yam sticks tom yam 冬荫 purple yam 参薯

词源

Borrowed from Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.

来源：wiktionary