• n. 南瓜

來自中古法語pompon,南瓜，來自拉丁語peponem,甜瓜，瓜果，來自希臘語peptein,煮熟，成熟，來自PIE*pekw,煮，炒，詞源同cook,peptide,dyspeptic.-kin,小詞后綴。比喻用法。

pumpkin

pumpkin: [17] Much as they look as though they had been blown up with a pump, pumpkins have no etymological connection with pumps. Greek pépōn denoted a variety of melon that was not eaten until it was fully ripe (the word was a noun use of the adjective pépōn ‘ripe’). Latin took it over as pepō, and passed it on to Old French as *pepon. Through a series of vicissitudes this evolved via popon to early modern French pompon. This was borrowed into English in the 16th century, and soon altered to pompion; and in the 17th century the native diminutive suffix -kin was grafted on to it to produce pumpkin.

pumpkin (n.)

1640s, alteration of pompone, pumpion "melon, pumpkin" (1540s), from Middle French pompon, from Latin peponem (nominative pepo) "melon," from Greek pepon "melon," probably originally "cooked (by the sun)," hence "ripe;" from peptein "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Pumpkin-pie is recorded from 1650s. Pumpkin-head, American English colloquial for "person with hair cut short all around" is recorded from 1781. Vulgar American English alternative spelling punkin attested by 1806.

America's a dandy place:
The people are all brothers:
And when one's got a punkin pye,
He shares it with the others.

[from "A Song for the Fourth of July, 1806," in "The Port Folio," Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1806]

1. Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dish served on Thanksgiving.

南瓜餡餅是美國傳統的感恩節食物。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dish served on Thanksgiving.

南瓜餡餅是美國傳統的感恩節食物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. To make a Halloween lantern, you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.

要做一個萬圣節燈籠, 你先得挖空這個南瓜.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. And this year I won for the biggest pumpkin.

今年我獲得了最大的南瓜.

來自超越目標英語 第3冊

5. Quarter the pumpkin and remove the seeds.

將南瓜切成4份，去掉籽。

來自辭典例句