单词 | pumpkin |
释义 | pump·kin (pŭmpkĭn, pŭm-, pŭng-) n. 1. a. A round, often large squash with coarse, strongly flavored yellow to orange flesh, numerous seeds, and a moderately hard, usually orange rind. b. Any of several plants producing these fruits, especially varieties of the species Cucurbita pepo, and also varieties of C. maxima and C. moschata. 2. A moderate to strong orange. [Alteration (influenced by -KIN) of obsolete pumpion, from obsolete French pompon, popon, from Old French pepon, from Late Latin pepōn, from Latin, watermelon or gourd, from Greek, ripe, large melon; see pekw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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