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butternut的意思
butternut
英 ['bʌtənʌt]
美 ['bʌtɚnʌt]
- n. 白脱奶特（白胡桃的一种）
英文词源
- butternut (n.)
- also butter-nut, 1753, nut of the white walnut, a North American tree; transferred to the tree itself from 1783. The nut's color was a brownish-gray, hence the word was used (1861) to describe the warm gray color of the Southern army uniforms in the American Civil War.