1
- the hard, aromatic, almost spherical seed of a tropical tree肉豆蔻。
1.1
- mass noun this seed grated and used as a spice肉豆蔻香料。
2
- the evergreen tree that bears these seeds, native to the Moluccas肉豆蔻树(原产于摩鹿加群岛)。
2.1
- Myristica fragrans, family Myristicaceae.拉丁名Myristica fragrans,肉豆蔻科。
3
- Soccer an instance of playing the ball through an opponent's legs【英足】穿裆球(从对方两腿间传的球)。
- ORIGIN: extended use of obsolete nutmegs 'testicles'.
nutmegged, nutmegging
with obj. Soccer play the ball through the legs of (an opponent)【英足】从(对方)两腿间传球。- ORIGIN: see noun sense 3.
词源
late Middle English notemuge, partial translation of Old French nois muguede, based on Latin nux 'nut' + late Latin muscus 'musk'.