喜樂美語
  1. 1n/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.

    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。

    示範例句 · Example

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

    中文翻譯媽媽把那顆瓜切成片，並且把它們放在一個盤子上給我們。

    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

From the word’s history

From Old French melon, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων, μῆλον 'apple' + πέπων 'ripe'.

經古法文來自古希臘文，由 μῆλον「蘋果」加 πέπων「熟」組成。

Wiktionary

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。

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

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。