caraway

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/    美 /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/|/ˈkɛɹəˌweɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice. (The convention of putting caraway seeds into rye bread sometimes causes confusion about so-called rye seeds.) countable,uncountable
    — Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.
  2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant. countable,uncountable
  3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. countable,uncountable
    — I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways

词形变化

caraways plural carraway alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
Persian cumin
衍生词
black caraway caraway seed bread caraway thyme

词源

From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).
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