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A hard-skinned yellow fruit that nobody bites into on its own. Two things about it travel into the other senses: that bright pale yellow skin you can see across a room, and the sharp sour juice that makes your face screw up.

可以想成一顆檸檬擺在桌上：厚硬的皮，亮亮的淡黃色，沒有人會直接拿起來咬一口，都是擠汁或切片加進別的東西裡。這顆水果身…更多收起可以想成一顆檸檬擺在桌上：厚硬的皮，亮亮的淡黃色，沒有人會直接拿起來咬一口，都是擠汁或切片加進別的東西裡。這顆水果身上有兩樣東西後來各自走遠：一個是那個隔著房間就認得出來的淡黃色，一個是酸到讓人皺眉的味道。lemon 其他的意思，不是從顏色來，就是從那股酸來。

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

Lemonname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in McLean County, Kentucky, United States.

  • 3

    A minor river in Devon, England, which joins the River Teign at Newton Abbot.

lemonnoun/ˈlɛmən/

  • 1

    A yellowish citrus fruit.

    • The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts, but better the water of the ſame juice, diſtilled through a glaſs.
  • 2

    A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

  • 3

    A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

  • 4

    rareLemon juice.

    • [J]uſt at the laſt ſcald four or five ſpoonfuls of thick new cream, with a few drops of lemon or vinegar, muſhrooms pickled do well, […]
    • [S]tir into this, after taking from the fire, two ounces of butter cut into little bits, putting in one piece at a time, and squeeze a few drops of lemon in this sauce.
  • 5

    A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).

  • 6

    slangA defective or inadequate item or individual.

    • He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
    • “[…]the Navy's supposed to give me a ship that goes, and a captain that fights—— That's what all this muck is for, isn't it?” “Look, it's an old story by now. We're stuck with a lemon. Misfortune of war.[…]”
  • 7

    slangFavor.

    • A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that.
  • 8

    datedslanglifestyleA piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.

    • I'd really like to know what people think of this and whether I should carry on writing lemons or go and hide under a rock somewhere.
    • WARNING: This story is a lemon and must be viewed with great care. If you are either under the age of 18, think graphic sex is discussing^([sic]) or you know what my writing is like you should turn away now.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    geometrymathematicssciencesThe surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.

lemonadj/ˈlɛmən/

  • 1

    Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

  • 2

    Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

  • 3

    slangSmart; cheeky, vocal.

    • Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.

lemonverb/ˈlɛmən/

  • 1

    To flavour with lemon.

    • You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。