Gourd

[gʊəd;gɔːd] or [ɡʊrd]

解释:

(noun.) bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd.

(noun.) any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds.

(noun.) any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds.

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解释:

(n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

(n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.

(n.) A false die. See Gord.

(n.) Alt. of Gourde

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解释:

n. a large fleshy fruit: rind of a gourd used as a drinking-cup: the gourd plant: (pl.) hollow dice used by cheating gamblers.—ns. Gourd′iness; Gourd′-worm a fluke or trematode worm esp. the liver-fluke.—adj. Gourd′y having the legs swollen—of a horse.

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