英语词汇“gourd”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	gourd
释义	Trends of gourd View usage for: gourd (gʊəʳd, gɔːʳd) Word forms: plural gourds 1. countable noun A gourd is a large round fruit with a hard skin. You can also use gourd to refer to the plant on which this fruit grows. 2. countable noun A gourd is a container made from the hard dry skin of a gourd fruit. Gourds are often used to carry water or for decoration. The shop imports goods such as painted gourd containers. gourd in British English (ɡʊəd) noun 1. the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous or similar plants, esp the bottle gourd and some squashes, whose dried shells are used for ornament, drinking cups, etc 2. any plant that bears this fruit See also sour gourd, dishcloth gourd, calabash 3. a bottle or flask made from the dried shell of the bottle gourd 4. a small bottle shaped like a gourd Derived forms gourdlike (ˈgourdˌlike) adjective gourd-shaped (ˈgourd-ˌshaped) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French gourde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita gourd in American English (gɔrd; gʊrd) adjective 1. designating a family (Cucurbitaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous plants, including thesquash, melon, cucumber, and pumpkin noun 2. any trailing or climbing plant belonging to the gourd family 3. any of the ornamental, inedible fruits of these or related plants, esp. of a yellow-flowered variety (Cucurbita pepo ovifera) of the pumpkin 4. US the dried, hollowed-out shell of such a fruit, used as a drinking cup, dipper, etc. 5. Slang the head usually in the phrase out of one's gourd, crazy, foolish, etc. Word origin ME gourde < OFr gouorde < L cucurbita Image of gourd © junyanjiang, shutterstock Examples of 'gourd' in a sentence gourd He bought six of them and a sizable lump of butter in a gourd pot, and he filled his canteen at the farm well. Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (1998) `Maybe the modern aeroplane that travels here has taken the place of the flying gourd. Keene, Carolyn THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY (1998) Word lists with gourd bottle, container All related terms of 'gourd' sour gourd a large bombacaceous tree , Adansonia gregorii, of N Australia , having gourdlike fruit bottle gourd an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria , having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits gourd family the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines , either trailing or climbing and having alternate , palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind , and including the cucumber , gourd , melon , pumpkin , and squash dishcloth gourd any of several tropical climbing plants of the cucurbitaceous genus Luffa , esp L . cylindrica, which is cultivated for ornament and for the fibrous interior of its fruits calabazilla a prostrate vine , Cucurbita foetidissima , of the gourd family, native to southwestern North America, having yellow flowers, round , inedible green and yellow fruit, and an unpleasant odor
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