pumpkin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpʌmpkɪn/    美 /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/|[ˈpʰʌm(p).kʰɪn]|[ˈpʰʌŋ̥kɪn]|/ˈpɐmpkɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. countable,uncountable
    — Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient.
  2. The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant. countable,uncountable
    — There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.
  3. The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant. uncountable
  4. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash. Australia,countable,uncountable
  5. A term of endearment for someone small and cute. US,countable,uncountable
    — You must be daddy’s little pumpkin.
  6. The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents. countable,informal,uncountable

词形变化

pumpkins plural punkin alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
ash pumpkin Asian pumpkin blumpkin bushpumpkin butternut pumpkin cherpumple easy peasy pumpkin peasy Japanese pumpkin Jarrahdale pumpkin pilgrim's pumpkin pumpkin ash pumpkin beetle pumpkin bomb pumpkin bread pumpkin bug pumpkin chunkin' pumpkin chunking pumpkindom pumpkineer pumpkin-faced pumpkin farm pumpking pumpkin head pumpkin-headed pumpkinification pumpkinish pumpkin jug pumpkinless pumpkinlike pumpkin-on-a-stick pumpkin pants pumpkin patch pumpkin pie pumpkin pie spice pumpkin-pie spice pumpkin porridge pumpkinrita pumpkinseed pumpkin seed pumpkin spice pumpkin spice latte pumpkin-spice latte pumpkin spider pumpkin suit pumpkintini Pumpkintown pumpkinwise pumpkiny punkin red pumpkin bug river pumpkin sea pumpkin some pumpkins turn into a pumpkin
相关词
calabash calabaza gourd marrow squash

词源

Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647.
The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false.
The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.
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