Melon



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 甜瓜
• ［类］ 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)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin melon-, melo, short for Latin melopepon-, melopepo, from Greek mēlopepōn, from mēlon apple + pepōn, an edible gourd — more at pumpkin
• Date: 14th century
• 1. any of various typically sweet gourds (as a muskmelon or watermelon) usually eaten raw as fruits
• 2. something rounded like a melon: as
  • a. the rounded organ in the front of the head of some cetaceans
  • b. plural, slang large breasts
• 3.
  • a. a surplus of profits available for distribution to stockholders
  • b. a financial windfall

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