cantaloupe

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/    美 /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. Ireland,UK
  2. 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. Australia,Canada,US
    — Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
  3. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
  4. A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts. plural-normally,slang
    — 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.

词形变化

cantaloupes plural cantaloup alternative canteloupe alternative cantelope alternative cantaleup alternative,obsolete canteloup alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
canadew cantaloupey

词源

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.
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