Lemon
['lemən] or ['lɛmən]
解释:
(noun.) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory.
(noun.) a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons.
(noun.) yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh.
(noun.) a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit.
整理:塞丽娜--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
(n.) The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
安迪编辑
解释:
n. an oval fruit resembling the orange with an acid pulp: the tree that bears lemons.—n. Lemonade′ a drink made of lemon-juice water and sugar.—adj. Lem′on-col′oured having the colour of a ripe lemon.—ns. Lem′on-grass a fragrant perennial grass in India Arabia &c. yielding an essential oil used in perfumery; Lem′on-squash unfervescent lemonade; Lem′on-squeez′er a small hand-press for extracting the juice of lemons; Lem′on-yell′ow a clear pale yellow colour.
整理:利亚
娱乐性解释：
To dream of seeing lemons on their native trees among rich foliage, denotes jealousy toward some beloved object, but demonstrations will convince you of the absurdity of the charge. To eat lemons, foretells humiliation and disappointments. Green lemons, denotes sickness and contagion. To see shriveled lemons, denotes divorce, if married, and separation, to lovers.
阿纳托尔校对
例句:
- Here's a cigar, and the doctor has a prescription containing hot water and a lemon, which is good medicine on a night like this. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- After the effervescence has ceased, a taste of the liquid will show you that the lemon juice has lost its acid nature, and has acquired in exchange a salty taste. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Dissolve the citric acid in hot water, add the sugar, and lastly the lemon and almonds. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- By experiment it has been found that the addition to the bleaching solution of an acid, such as vinegar or lemon juice or sulphuric acid, causes the liberation of the chlorine. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- They give one a lemon to squeeze into it, or iced milk, if he prefers it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It describes a sensation in your little nose associated with certain finicking notions which are the classics of Mrs. Lemon's school. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Cut the peels of two lemons into fine pieces and add to the alcohol and oil of lemon. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy 'lemon-stunners'--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She waited while he cut the lemon and dropped a thin disk into her cup. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Not that Rosamond was in the least like a kitten: she was a sylph caught young and educated at Mrs. Lemon's. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Such a fine woman as her, so handsome and so graceful and so elegant, is like a fresh lemon on a dinner-table, ornamental wherever she goes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- We used to play at guessing historical characters at Mrs. Lemon's, but not anatomists. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Not your sherry warm, with lemon-peel and nutmeg? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- The first vision of Rosamond would have been enough with most judges to dispel any prejudice excited by Mrs. Lemon's praise. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- If some cooking soda is put into lemon juice or vinegar, or any acid, bubbles of gas immediately form and escape from the liquid. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Cut the peels of two lemons into fine pieces and add to the alcohol and oil of lemon. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The average car carries 400 boxes of oranges or lemons. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Oranges and lemons are called citrus fruits on account of their content of citric acid. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- We got plenty of fresh oranges, lemons, figs, apricots, etc. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Lemons are handled throughout the processes in practically the same manner as oranges. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Ring the bell for lemons, and don't look dull any more, Lucy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- To divert his thoughts from this melancholy subject, I informed Mr. Micawber that I relied upon him for a bowl of punch, and led him to the lemons. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
校对:马尔科姆