| 单词 | cantaloupe |
| 释义 | cantaloupe (once / 30541 pages) n A cantaloupe is a small melon with rough skin and orange flesh. If you are making fruit salad, don't forget the cantaloupe. The jury has long been out on this word's origins, but it's thought to be a place where the melon was cultivated: Cantaluppi in Italy, or Cantaloup in France. Either way, the cantaloupe is a delicious melon with tan rind and orange flesh. Many people enjoy some cantaloupe with breakfast or anytime as a snack. You can eat cantaloupe slices or you can stick a spoon in half a cantaloupe and go to town. WORD FAMILYcantaloupe: cantaloupes USAGE EXAMPLES“I’m tired of this,’’ she says during a brief morning “lunch” of cantaloupe and a Monster energy drink at the East Precinct on Capitol Hill. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) As a young athlete, she was a star member of the Arizona Cantaloupe Queens women’s amateur softball team. New York Times(Sep 15, 2016) Her mother sold cantaloupes and watermelons to local grocery stores. New York Times(Oct 11, 2016) 1n a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh Syn|Hyper Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell 2n the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh Syn|Hyper cantaloup muskmelon, sweet melon the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers |
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