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单词 aubergine
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
au•ber•gine  bər zhēn′, -jēn′, ōber-; ō′bər zhēn, -jēn, ō′ber-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]eggplant.
  2. British Termsa dark purplish color.
  • Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit vātiṅgaṇaḥ
  • Persian bādingān perh.
  • Arabic al the + bādhinjān eggplant
  • Catalan albargínia
  • French
  • 1785–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
aubergine /ˈəʊbəˌʒiːn/ n
  1. a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit
    US, Canadian, and Australian name: eggplant
  2. the fruit of this plant, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
  3. a dark purple colour
  4. (as adjective): an aubergine dress
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic al-bādindjān, ultimately from Sanskrit vatin-ganah, of obscure origin
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