请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 banana
释义 ba·nana
\bəˈnanə, chiefly Brit -ˈnȧ-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banäna, Mandingo banäna, banända, barända plantain
1.
 a. : the elongated often curved and usually tapering fruit of the banana plant having soft pulpy flesh and a rind that is usually yellow or orange-colored when ripe and dark brown to black at full maturity — see dwarf banana, plantain
 b. : any of several treelike perennial herbs of the genus Musa (especially M. paradisiaca sapientum) that are native to tropical Asia but are cultivated or naturalized throughout the tropics, that have a soft herbaceous stalk, very large simple leaves, flowers enveloped in colored bracts and collected into a large pendent bunch each flower of which produces a single usually seedless fruit, and that usually reproduce only vegetatively by means of suckers formed at the base of the plant
2. : a grayish yellow that is paler and slightly greener than chamois, redder, lighter, and stronger than crash, and lighter, stronger, and very slightly redder than old ivory — called also sunbeam
[banana 1a]
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/21 11:30:00