喜樂美語
  1. 1n/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.

    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。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei cut the cucumber into thin slices for the salad.

    中文翻譯美把小黃瓜切成薄片，給那份沙拉。

    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

From the word’s history

From Middle English cucumer, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis (late 14c.).

經古法文 cocombre 來自拉丁文 cucumis。

Wiktionary

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。

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.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。