lemon
noun /ˈlemən/
/ˈlemən/
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柠檬 - Add a squeeze of lemon juice.
加入一点柠檬汁。 - Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the fish.
把半个柠檬的汁挤在鱼上。 - a gin and tonic with ice and lemon
一杯加冰和柠檬的杜松子酒奎宁水 - lemon tea
柠檬茶 - a lemon tree
柠檬树 - Garnish the fish with wedges of lemon.
给鱼配几角柠檬。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- slice
- wedge
- cake
- …
- squeeze
- slice
- garnish something with
- …
- tree
- pip
- seed
- …
- Add a squeeze of lemon juice.
- [uncountable, countable] lemon juice or a drink made from lemon
see also bitter lemon柠檬汁;柠檬饮料 - (also lemon yellow)[uncountable] a pale yellow colour
浅黄色;柠檬色 More Like This Colour compoundsColour compoundsTopics Colours and Shapesb2- baby blue
- china-blue
- cobalt blue
- electric blue
- ice-blue
- midnight blue
- navy blue
- peacock blue
- petrol blue
- powder blue
- royal blue
- sky-blue
- blood-red
- cherry red
- pillar-box red
- wine red
- bottle-green
- emerald green
- jade green
- lime green
- olive-green
- pea-green
- sea-green
- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- coal-black
- jet black
- pitch-black
- charcoal grey
- iron-grey
- slate-grey
- rose pink
- salmon pink
- shocking pink
- nut-brown
- [countable] (especially North American English, informal) a thing that cannot be used because it does not work as it should
synonym dud无用的东西;蹩脚货;废物 - [countable] (British English) a stupid person
蠢人;无用的人 synonym idiot
词源Middle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime (the fruit).