lemon

名词 lemon:

1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
2. a strong yellow color
   同义词：gamboge, lemon yellow, maize
3. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
   同义词：lemon tree, Citrus limon
4. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
5. an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
   同义词：stinker

1. There is nothing as refreshing as lemon tea.
   什麽都不如柠檬茶那样提神。
2. Bottled lemon juice is no good you must use the real thing.
   瓶装柠檬汁可不行－－你得用真货。
3. The sophisticates in the office drink lemon tea; we have coffee.
   办公室里那些不同凡俗的人喝的是柠檬茶，我们这些人喝咖啡。
4. I like orange more than lemon.
   我喜欢桔子更甚于喜欢柠檬。
5. He is trustworthy and I am dead sure he wouldn't hand me a lemon.
   他为人可靠，我确信他不会把坏东西给我。
6. Citron is a kind of yellow fruit like a lemon.
   香木缘是一种像柠檬的黄色水果。
7. Lemon juice curdles milk.
   柠檬汁可使牛奶结成凝乳。
8. There is a lemon tree in our garden.
   我们的花园里有一棵柠檬树。

lem.on

n.（名词）

A spiny, Asian evergreen tree(Citrus limon) widely cultivated for its yellow, egg-shaped fruit.
柠檬（树）：亚洲一种多刺的四季常青树（柠檬 柑桔属） ，因其黄色蛋状的果实而广泛栽培
The fruit of this tree, having a yellow aromatic rind and juicy, acid pulp.
柠檬（果）：这种树的果实，有黄色芳香的外皮和多汁的酸果肉
Color Lemon yellow.
【色彩】 柠檬黄
Informal One that is unsatisfactory or defective:
【非正式用语】 有缺点之物：令人不满意或者是有瑕疵的人或物：
例句：
Their new car turned out to be a lemon.
他们的新车竟是次品

adj.（形容词）
Color Lemon-yellow.
【色彩】 柠檬黄的

Made from lemons.
柠檬制的
Tasting or smelling like lemons.
柠檬味的：品尝起来或闻起来有柠檬味的

来源：
Middle English limon
中古英语 limon
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Old Italian limone
源自 古意大利语 limone
from Arabic laymôn, lomôn
源自 阿拉伯语 laymôn, lomôn
from Persian lomôn
源自 波斯语 lomôn

<注释>Although we know neither where the lemon was first grownnor when it first came to Europe,we do know from its name alone that it came to us from the Middle East,because we can trace its etymological path.One of the earliest if not the earliest occurrences of our word is found in a Middle English customs document of 420-42.The Middle English word, which was of the formlimon, goes back to Old Frenchlimon, showing that yet another delicacy passed into England through France.The Old French word probably came from Italianlimone, another step on the route that leads back to the Arabic wordlaymôn or lomôn, which comes from the Persian wordlomôn.
虽然我们既不知道柠檬是在哪儿被最早种植的，也不知道它是什么时候传到欧洲的，但是我们却能单从它的名字确切地判断出它是从中东地区传到我们的，因为我们可以追溯出它的语源的发展道路。如果不是最早出现的话，最早的发现记录于420年至42年之间的一份中古英语海关文件中。这个中古英语单词的形式是limon ， 可以追溯到古代法语中的limon 一词， 它表明又一种美味佳肴由法国传入了英国。这个古代法语单词很可能来源于意大利单词limone ， 这就更朝前一步地回到了阿拉伯语中的laymun 或 limun ， 这一单词来源于波斯语limun