lemon

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
发音 lĕm'ən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A yellowish citrus fruit. countable,usually
    — 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. countable,usually
  3. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. countable,usually
  4. Lemon juice. rare,uncountable,usually
    — [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, […]
  5. A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). countable,usually
  6. A defective or inadequate item or individual. countable,slang,usually
    — He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
  7. Favor. Cockney,countable,slang,usually
    — A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that.
  8. A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex. countable,dated,slang,usually
    — 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.
  9. The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints. countable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To flavour with lemon. transitive
    — You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.
形容词 adj.
  1. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
  2. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
  3. Smart; cheeky, vocal. Cockney,slang
    — Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.

词形变化

lemons plural limon alternative more lemon comparative most lemon superlative lemons present,singular,third-person lemoning participle,present lemoned participle,past lemoned past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Middle English lymon
English lemon
Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime.
The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Middle English lymon
English lemon
Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime.
The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Middle English lymon
English lemon
Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime.
The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.
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