cucumber

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/|[ˈkʰjʊu̯ˌkʰʌmbə]    美 /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/|[ˈkʰjʊu̯ˌkʰʌ̈mbɚ] ~ [ˈkʰjʊu̯ˌkʰʌ̈mbɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus. countable,uncountable
    — ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.
  2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh. countable,uncountable
    — […]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
  3. A person who is calm and self-possessed. countable,figuratively,informal,uncountable
    — The guy's a real cucumber.

词形变化

cucumbers plural cuke alternative,colloquial cumber alternative,colloquial

词汇关系

衍生词
cucumberade cucumber beetle cucumber fish cucumberfish cucumberita cucumber mosaic virus cucumber time cucumbertini cucumber tree Qcumber
相关词
cucumiform
并列词
courgette gherkin marrow pickle squash zucchini

词源

From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin. First attested in the late 14c. Displaced native English earthapple (see which for more), which has since acquired other senses.
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