| 单词 | tomato |
| 释义 | tomato (once / 825 pages) n Although usually called a vegetable and eaten as such, the tomato is actually a fruit that can be eaten raw or cooked. It might be red or yellow in various sizes, and comes in shapes from round to pear-shaped. Since the tomato is native to South America, it makes sense that its name is based in the Spanish tomate, and can be traced to the Aztecs, whose language, Nahuatl, contained the word tomatl, or "the swelling fruit." In 1519, Cortez brought tomato seeds to Spain, where the plant was grown as an ornament but not for eating. The French called them pommes d'amour, or “love apples,” and in 1929 the word became American slang for a pretty girl. WORD FAMILYtomato: tomatoes, tomatos USAGE EXAMPLESProfessor Kamoun experimented with editing the genes of a tomato plant so that it would no longer be susceptible to a particular disease. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Remove and discard the rosemary and thyme sprigs from the tomato mixture, then spoon it over the cooked chard. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Once the meat is browned, stir in the tomato paste over medium heat. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable Hypo|Hyper beefsteak tomato any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh cherry tomatosmall red to yellow tomatoes plum tomatoa kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten raw solanaceous vegetable any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon 2n native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties Syn|Hypo|Hyper Lycopersicon esculentum, love apple, tomato plant Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme, cherry tomato plant bearing small red to yellow fruit plum tomatoan Italian variety of cherry tomato that is shaped like a plum herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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