lentil

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
  2. The seed of these plants, used as food.
    — make a lentil stew
  3. A small chocolate candy in an edible shell.
    — An enhanced focus on the brand's iconic color palette and the use of different shapes and sizes of M&M'S lentils across all touchpoints to prove that all together, we're more fun

词形变化

lentils plural

词汇关系

衍生词
beluga lentil lentilish lentilist lentil-like lentil shell lentil-weaver lentil-weaving Le Puy lentil Puy lentil sea-lentil soylent water lentil
相关词
lens lenticular split pea

词源

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.
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