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melon

/mel-uhn/US // ˈmɛl ən //UK // (ˈmɛlən) //

瓜子,瓜,甜瓜,瓜类

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
    • : medium crimson or deep pink.
    • : the visible upper portion of the head of a surfacing whale or dolphin, including the beak, eyes, and blowhole.
    • : Informal. a large extra dividend, often in the form of stock, to be distributed to stockholders: Profits zoomed so in the last quarter that the corporation cut a nice melon.any windfall of money to be divided among specified participants.

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Examples

  • Right when the melons were set to burst from their buds and balloon into juicy orbs, a two-month dry spell hit, and Ochoo’s fledgling watermelons withered.

  • How to store peaches, corn, melons and more summer produceCherries should always be stored unwashed in a breathable produce bag in the refrigerator.

  • Friday night’s five-course dinner will begin with a melon gazpacho, followed by a roasted Cornish turbot caught by a local fisherman and served alongside locally grown new potatoes, greens and wild garlic pesto.

  • It’s like drinking a bowl of fruit — strawberries, cherries, melon, plus lots of smiles and fun.

  • GREAT VALUEThis nice cava lives up to its name, with delicious flavors of red berries and melon, and a fine bead of bubbles.

  • Rhode Island Reds will not eat melon rinds, banana peels, orange skins, pickles, or onions, F.Y.I.

  • Do they realize that karela is a bitter melon, popular from China and India to Trinidad and Vietnam?

  • The man who wrote about hulking linebackers nibbling melon in the Texas dusk.

  • But how could they bronze that stubby little body, the melon head, the double chin?

  • Rachel “Bunny” Melon wanted John to be the next president so he could “rescue America.”

  • "Take some melon, Mr. Mudge," said we, as with a sudden bolt we recovered our speech and took another slice ourself.

  • The bread-fruit is somewhat similar in shape to a water-melon, and weighs from four to six pounds.

  • Neither the pine-apple nor water-melon grow in Teneriffe, but abundance of the latter are brought from Grand Canary.

  • We left Parkers melon on his doorstep to chaperon itself, and turned back with him.

  • As we came out we saw across the court that the melon had been taken in, so judged that Parker had returned.