pumpkin
noun /ˈpʌmpkɪn/
/ˈpʌmpkɪn/
[uncountable, countable]- enlarge imagea large round vegetable with thick orange skin. The seeds can be dried and eaten and the soft part inside can be cooked as a vegetable or in sweet pies.
南瓜;南瓜大果 - Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dish served on Thanksgiving.
南瓜馅饼是美国传统的感恩节食物。
Collocations DictionaryPumpkin is used before these nouns:- patch
- pie
- spice
- …
词源late 17th cent.: alteration of earlier pumpion, from obsolete French pompon, via Latin from Greek pepōn ‘large melon’ (from pepōn sikuos ‘ripe gourd’). - Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dish served on Thanksgiving.