| 词汇 | gourd |
| 释义 | gourd noun[ C ] uk /ɡʊəd//ɡɔːd/ us /ɡɔːrd/ a large fruit that has a hard shell and cannot be eaten, or the shell of this fruit used as a container葫芦科植物，葫芦;葫芦制的容器，瓢 RUNSTUDIO/DigitalVision/GettyImages Types of fruit ackee alligator pear alpine strawberry amla açaí cloudberry coconut cooker cooking apple copra loganberry longan loquat lychee majhool date redcurrant rockmelon rose hip salmonberry saskatoon gourd | American Dictionarygourd noun[ C ] us/ɡɔrd, ɡoʊrd, ɡʊərd/ a round or bottle-shaped fruit that has a hard shell and that cannot usually be eaten, or the shell of this fruit used as a container Examples of gourdgourd In addition to the milking, the izinceku also tended to the king's oxen and fetched water for the king in gourds. In the past they used balsas-vessels made of gourds that the salineros themselves planted-before clay pots were used. Product substitutions, including gourds, wooden bowls, and baskets, might have filled gaps. The tomb, in the shape of a triple-necked gourd, has signs of fresh paint on its gravestone. The commodities included craft items such as groundstone tools and painted gourds as well as agricultural specialities such as agave for fiber. In front of the spot was 'a river resembling a belt, and mountains resembling a gourd'. Each household owned approximately 12 gourd vessels and over 70 ceramic vessels, of which four-fifths were produced locally, within or near the village. When the vine was cut down, voices were heard inside the gourds. The husks of the corn and the gourds would biodegrade, and nothing would be left of the festival except the memory of it in the minds of the par ticipants. Tutuola's language will lose none of its poetry, his style will not lose character if he is told that 'gourd' is not spelled 'guord'. Bottle gourd, amaranth and pumpkin were the three most common species, being cultivated on more than 70% of the platforms. Within this group there are gourds that often have a higher % of fruit weight as seeds and large pumpkins with much lower % of fruit weight as seeds. Against that, there are the destitute who have no money or resources, and who have a gourd and very little else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One lies on the floor with just a gourd to rest one's head on and one another way up to have a little water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other crops include eggplant, peppers, winged bean, lettuce and snake gourd. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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