gumbo

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡʌm.boʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules. countable
  2. A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions. countable
  3. A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy. uncountable
    — The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo.

词形变化

gumbos plural gombo alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
gumbo limbo gumbo z'herbes

词源

Etymology tree
Kimbundu ingomboder.
French gombobor.
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French gombo
Louisiana Creole gombobor.
English gumbo
Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.
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