gherkin

/gur-kin/US // ˈgɜr kɪn //UK // (ˈɡɜːkɪn) //

小黄瓜,黄瓜,酸黄瓜,酸奶

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the small, immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling.
- : Also called bur gherkin, gooseberry gourd, West Indian gherkin . the small, spiny fruit of a tropical vine, Cucumis anguria, of the gourd family, used in pickling.
- : the plant yielding this fruit.
- : a small pickle, especially one made from this fruit.

as indill pickle

Synonyms

Bakkus took her hand which held a fork on which was prodded a gherkin--they were at lunch--and raised it to his lips.
Spread toast with horseradish butter, lay on strips of tunnyfish and garnish with slices of gherkin.
Tommy says a Gherkin once saved his father's life by killing a snake.
Tommy's father gave the Gherkin a lot of money to put in his pocket, but he wouldn't take it.
I rode up and into the tent, and, looking about, saw among other things one bottle of gherkin pickles about one quart of them.