pumpkin

/puhmp-kin or, commonly, puhng-kin/US // ˈpʌmp kɪn or, commonly, ˈpʌŋ kɪn //UK // (ˈpʌmpkɪn) //

南瓜

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
- : the similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata.
- : a plant bearing such fruit.

nounvegetable

Forms: pumpkins

Synonyms

In the autumn, we might substitute in zucca, or sweet pumpkin.
Last week, you and 60 of your closest friends decided to play a socially distanced game of hot pumpkin.
The special is bookended by two sequences involving Linus and Lucy going to the pumpkin patch.
She then declares “2” and passes the pumpkin one space to her left.
Instead, they’re planning to stay in and whip up homemade pumpkin ravioli.
Finally, Deborah Racicot of Narcissa prepares mouth-watering (and non-basic) pumpkin crepes with warm sage cinnamon en glaze.
On Pumpkin Fest weekend, they did things a little differently.
Riots broke out both after last year's pumpkin festival and after the Red Sox World Series win last year.
He joked, as he split open pumpkin seeds with his teeth between puffs on a smoke.
The pumpkin, when he produced it, was the size of an orange—but still a pumpkin.
It wasn't long before she surprised the object of her search in the act of eating a fat grub beside a pumpkin.
And he decided, after thinking deeply for some time, that there could not possibly be a bee inside the .

Examples

In the autumn, we might substitute in zucca, or sweet pumpkin.

Last week, you and 60 of your closest friends decided to play a socially distanced game of hot pumpkin.

The special is bookended by two sequences involving Linus and Lucy going to the pumpkin patch.

She then declares “2” and passes the pumpkin one space to her left.

Instead, they’re planning to stay in and whip up homemade pumpkin ravioli.

Finally, Deborah Racicot of Narcissa prepares mouth-watering (and non-basic) pumpkin crepes with warm sage cinnamon en glaze.

On Pumpkin Fest weekend, they did things a little differently.

Riots broke out both after last year's pumpkin festival and after the Red Sox World Series win last year.

He joked, as he split open pumpkin seeds with his teeth between puffs on a smoke.

The pumpkin, when he produced it, was the size of an orange—but still a pumpkin.

It wasn't long before she surprised the object of her search in the act of eating a fat grub beside a pumpkin.

And he decided, after thinking deeply for some time, that there could not possibly be a bee inside the .