melon

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈmɛlən/    /ˈmɛlən/|/ˈmelən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others. countable,uncountable
  2. Alternative form of mellon. alt-of,alternative,uncountable
  3. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others. countable,uncountable
  4. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Benincasa hispida, the winter melon. countable,uncountable
  5. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Momordica charantia, the bitter melon. countable,uncountable
  6. The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants. countable
  7. A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh. uncountable
  8. The breasts. countable,plural-normally,slang,uncountable
    — 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.”
  9. The head, the brain. countable,slang
    — Think! Use your melon!
  10. A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group. Australia,New-Zealand,countable,derogatory
  11. A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations. countable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.

词形变化

melons plural

词源

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
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