- A pumpkin is a round, orange type of squash that grows on a plant also called a pumpkin. It’s the raw material for a jack-o’-lantern. Cook one up in a pie or name your precious poodle after it.
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- n. 南瓜
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1. Pumpkin pie
南瓜馅饼
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2. Just fetch me a pumpkin
只需要带给我一个南瓜
- pumpkin (n.) 1640s, alteration of pompone, pumpion "melon, pumpkin" (1540s), from Middle French pompon, from Latin peponem (nominative pepo) "melon," from Greek pepon "melon," probably originally "cooked (by the sun)," hence "ripe;" from peptein "to cook" (from PIE root *pekw- "to cook, ripen"). Pumpkin-pie is recorded from 1650s. Pumpkin-head, American English colloquial for "person with hair cut short all around" is recorded from 1781. Vulgar American English alternative spelling punkin attested by 1806.
pump·kin / ˈpʌmpkɪn ; NAmE ˈpʌmpkɪn / noun [uncountable , countable ] a large round vegetable with thick orange skin. The seeds can be dried and eaten and the soft flesh 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。 pumpkin pumpkins pump·kin / ˈpʌmpkɪn ; NAmE ˈpʌmpkɪn /
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