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

pepon

/ˈpɛpɒn/

Now rare

noun

The fruit of a kind of gourd, originally probably a kind of melon, Cucumis melo, in later use perhaps the pumpkin, a variety of Cucurbita pepo.

Origin

Old English. From classical Latin pepōn-, pepō (in post-classical Latin also pepon, 400) a water-melon or other gourd from ancient Greek πέπων a kind of gourd or melon eaten when ripe, use as noun (short for πέπων σίκυος, lit. a ripe cucumber) of πέπων (adjective) ripened, ripe, mellow from the base of πέσσειν (Attic πέττειν) to cook from the same Indo-European base as classical Latin coquere to cook.

单词	pepon
释义	pepon /ˈpɛpɒn/ Now rare noun The fruit of a kind of gourd, originally probably a kind of melon, Cucumis melo, in later use perhaps the pumpkin, a variety of Cucurbita pepo. Origin Old English. From classical Latin pepōn-, pepō (in post-classical Latin also pepon, 400) a water-melon or other gourd from ancient Greek πέπων a kind of gourd or melon eaten when ripe, use as noun (short for πέπων σίκυος, lit. a ripe cucumber) of πέπων (adjective) ripened, ripe, mellow from the base of πέσσειν (Attic πέττειν) to cook from the same Indo-European base as classical Latin coquere to cook.
随便看	stage-dive stage-diver stage-diving stage door stage effect stage fright stagehand stage left (or right) stage-manage stage management stage manager stage name stage play stage presence stage production stager stage-struck stagette stage whisper stagey stagflation stagger staggerer staggering bob staggeringly