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单词 lemon cheeses
释义

lemon1 /lemˈən/

noun
  1. A pale yellow oval citrus fruit with sour-tasting flesh
  2. The tree that bears it
  3. A pale yellow colour
  4. Something or someone disappointing, worthless, unattractive or defective (informal)
adjective
  1. Tasting of or flavoured with lemon
  2. (coloured) pale yellow
transitive verb

To flavour with lemon

ORIGIN: Fr limon (now the lime); cf Pers līmūn; cf lime2

lemonadeˈ noun

A drink (still or carbonated) made with lemon juice or flavoured with lemon

lemˈony adjective

lemon balm same as balm (Melissa officinalis).

lemon cheese or lemon curd noun

A soft cooked paste of lemons, eggs, butter and sugar, used as a spread

lemˈon-coloured adjective

lemon drop noun

A hard lemon-flavoured sweet

lemˈonfish noun (NZ)

Shark meat sold as food

lemon geranium noun

A pelargonium (Pelargonium crispum) with fragrant leaves

lemon grass noun

A fragrant perennial grass (Cymbopogon or Andropogon) of tropical climates, smelling like lemon and yielding an essential oil

lemon law noun (US)

A law protecting car-buyers against defects within a certain period after purchase

lemon peel noun

The skin of lemons, sometimes candied

lemon squash noun

A concentrated lemon drink

lemon squeezer noun

A small press for extracting the juice of lemons

lemˈon-weed noun

Sea-mat

lemˈonwood noun

A small New Zealand tree (Pittosporum eugenioides)

lemˈon-yellˈow noun and adjective

hand someone a lemon (slang)

To swindle someone

the answer is a lemon (informal)

One is given an unsatisfactory answer or no answer at all

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