This flashcard defines "cucumber" as a long, thin vegetable with green skin and moist, transparent flesh, typically eaten raw in salads. It also explains the idiom "as cool as a cucumber" to mean someone is very calm and relaxed, especially unexpectedly.
This flashcard defines "cucumber" as a long, thin vegetable with green skin and moist, transparent flesh, typically eaten raw in salads. It also explains the idiom "as cool as a cucumber" to mean someone is very calm and relaxed, especially unexpectedly.
[N-VAR 可变名词]黄瓜 A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.
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[PHRASE 短语](尤指意料之外地)非常冷静，泰然自若 If you say that someone is as cool as a cucumber, you are emphasizing that they are very calm and relaxed, especially when you would not expect them to be.
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You can hardly be held responsible for Darrow waltzing in, cool as a cucumber, and demanding thousands of pounds.
达罗不慌不忙、大摇大摆地走进来，索要几千英镑，这跟你一点关系都没有。
Oxford
cu·cum·ber/ˈkjuːkʌmbə(r); NAmEˈkjuːkʌmbər/noun _salad_vegetables_comp.jpg _cucumber.jpg [countable , uncountable ]a long vegetable with dark green skin and light green flesh, that is usually eaten raw 黄瓜☞see also