喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈmelən/甜瓜；香瓜

    A large round fruit with a hard skin and soft, sweet, juicy flesh inside. Honeydew, cantaloupe, and watermelon are all kinds of melon.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mum cut the melon into slices and put them on a plate for us.

    逐字媽媽把那顆瓜切成片，並且把它們放在一個盤子上給我們。

    melon 是英文裡「甜的瓜」的總稱：外面一層硬皮，裡面是軟軟、甜甜、水分很多的果肉。台灣說的洋香瓜（honeydew）、哈密瓜（cantaloupe）、西瓜（watermelon）在英文裡都算 melon，所以它不是指某一種瓜，而是一整家人。整顆講的時候可數（two melons），切成塊當點心吃的時候不可數（a piece of melon）。這個字可以想成是希臘文的「蘋果」加「葫蘆」拼起來的——又甜又大的一顆瓜。

    常見搭配

    • honeydew melon

      洋香瓜

      a common kind of melon with pale green flesh

      Start the meal with a quarter of a honeydew melon.

    • a slice of melon

      一片瓜

      a thin piece cut from a melon

      She put a slice of melon on the side of the plate.

    • a ripe melon

      熟了的瓜

      a melon that is ready to eat

      A ripe melon smells sweet even before you cut it.

    • cut a melon in half

      把瓜切成兩半

      to cut a melon into two equal pieces

      Dad cut the melon in half and scooped out the seeds.

    • melon seeds

      瓜籽

      the small seeds inside a melon

      We saved the melon seeds and dried them in the sun.

    • grow melons

      種瓜

      to plant melons and look after them until they are ready

      They grow melons in the field behind the house.

    用法接近

    watermelonhoneydewcantaloupemuskmelonpumpkin

core核心畫面

Think of a big round fruit you have to cut open: hard skin outside, soft sweet wet flesh inside, usually with seeds in the middle. Watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe are all members of this one family.

可以想成：一顆大大的、圓圓的水果，外面是硬皮，得切開才吃得到——裡面是軟軟、甜甜、水分很多的果肉，中間通常有一堆籽。西瓜（watermelon）、哈密瓜（cantaloupe）、蜜瓜（honeydew）都是這一家的成員，所以 melon 比較像一個類別的名字，而不是單指某一種瓜。

複數 melons

用法接近

watermelonhoneydewcantaloupemuskmelonpumpkin

原始詞典資料12 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。

melonnoun詞源 1/ˈmɛlən/

  • 1

    Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

  • 2

    Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

  • 3

    Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

  • 4

    Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

  • 5

    The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.

  • 6

    A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.

  • 7

    slangThe breasts.

    • She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.”
    • “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons.”
  • 8

    slangThe head, the brain.

    • Think! Use your melon!
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    derogatoryA member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.

  • 10

    A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

melonadj詞源 1/ˈmɛlən/

  • 1

    Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • mellon

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