a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled 黄瓜(果实)
the climbing plant of the gourd family which yields this fruit, native to the Chinese Himalayan region. It is widely cultivated but very rare in the wild 黄瓜(植物)。 参见 squirting cucumber
Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae 拉丁名Cucumis sativus,葫芦科
常用词组 (as) cool as a cucumber
untroubled by heat or exertion 凉快的;轻松的 ■calm and relaxed 镇定放松
语源
late Middle English: from Old French cocombre, coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-