string bean

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any long, slender green bean.
    — Summer squashes almost in their golden blossom; cucumbers, now evincing a tendency to spread away from the main stock, and ramble far and wide; two or three rows of string-beans and as many more that were about to festoon themselves on poles;
  2. Any long, slender green bean.; A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
  3. Any long, slender green bean.; An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
  4. Any long, slender green bean.; A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
  5. Any long, slender green bean.; A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
  6. A tall and thin person. figuratively
    — My way o’ doing things suits me, and I don’t figure on changing it for you or any other half-baked young string-bean.

词形变化

string beans plural stringbean alternative string-bean alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
stringbeany

词源

Named for the tough, fibrous string running along the length of the pod (even though it is not present in some modern varieties).
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