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Melon Skin Latin Kind Greek Melən N.甜瓜 考

单词 melon
音标 ['melən]
解释 n.甜瓜
红宝书 【考】 apple : skin / melon : rind(苹果和苹果皮/甜瓜 和甜瓜皮)
【记】 mel(甜)+on→甜的东 西→甜瓜;
【同】 参考:watermelon(西 瓜)
字源 melon (n.)
late 14c., from Old French melon (13c.), from Medieval Latin melonem (nominative melo), from Latin melopeponem, a kind of pumpkin, from Greek melopepon "gourd-apple" (name for several kinds of gourds bearing sweet fruit), from melon "apple" (see malic) + pepon, a kind of gourd, probably noun use of pepon "ripe" (see pumpkin).
In Greek, melon was used in a generic way for all foreign fruits (compare similar use of apple). The Greek plural of "melon" was used from ancient times for "a girl's breasts."
不择手段背单词 n. 甜瓜(具有坚硬的瓜皮和多汁的瓤)
【记】mel甜蜜, on-甜瓜
【参】watermelon(n 西瓜)
【类】apple: skin = melon: find苹果和苹果皮 = 甜瓜和甜瓜皮
趣味全助记 【记】音:蜜嫩,吃着蜜嫩的;西瓜是watermelon;melt 融化

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