喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈkjuːkʌmbər/ · /ˈkjuːkʌmbə/黃瓜；小黃瓜

    A long thin round vegetable with dark green skin and a pale green inside. People usually eat it raw, in salads or sandwiches, without cooking it.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei cut the cucumber into thin slices for the salad.

    逐字美把小黃瓜切成薄片，給那份沙拉。

    英文的 cucumber 不分大小：中文的「小黃瓜」和「大黃瓜」，在英文裡都是同一個字。它的重點是「生吃的那種瓜」——多半切片放進沙拉、三明治裡，不用煮。cucumber 可數也可不可數：整條、可以用手拿起來的時候說 a cucumber（一條）；講三明治或沙拉裡的那些片、那種材料時，常常直接說 cucumber，不加 a、也不加 s。

    常見搭配

    • a slice of cucumber

      一片小黃瓜

      one thin flat piece cut from a cucumber

      Leo put a slice of cucumber on top of each cracker.

    • cucumber salad

      涼拌小黃瓜；黃瓜沙拉

      a cold dish made mainly from cucumber

      Grandma makes cucumber salad every summer.

    • slice / chop a cucumber

      把小黃瓜切片／切塊

      to cut a cucumber into pieces

      Chop the cucumber and add it to the bowl.

    • a cucumber sandwich

      小黃瓜三明治

      a sandwich filled with thin pieces of cucumber

      They served tea and cucumber sandwiches in the garden.

    • pickled cucumber

      醃小黃瓜

      cucumber kept in salty or sour liquid so it lasts longer

      The burger came with a pickled cucumber on the side.

    • fresh cucumber

      新鮮的小黃瓜

      cucumber that has just been picked or cut

      Fresh cucumber tastes best straight from the garden.

    意思相近

    gherkin

core核心畫面

You can picture one plain thing: a long, straight, dark-green vegetable that you slice open to a pale, wet, cool inside. It is not cooked and not seasoned — it goes straight into a salad or a sandwich, and what it brings is water and crunch rather than flavour.

可以想成一根長長直直、外皮深綠的蔬菜，切開來裡面是淡綠、含水、摸起來冰冰涼涼的。它幾乎不用煮、也不需要調味，直接切片就丟進沙拉或夾進三明治裡——它帶來的主要是水分和清脆的口感，而不是味道。這個字只有這一個意思，沒有其他分支要記。

複數 cucumbers

意思相近

gherkin

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cucumbernoun/ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/

  • 1

    A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.

    • ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.
  • 2

    The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

    • […]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
    • "Why, pepper and salt your reasons!" cried Curl, forgetting to look at the door for a moment: "your pamphlet has talent; but talent is like a cucumber, nothing without the dressing. You must be more personal."
  • 3

    informalA person who is calm and self-possessed.

    • The guy's a real cucumber.
    • That Wolf is one cool cucumber.

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