aubergine
/ˈəʊbəʒiːn/noun
chiefly Brit. <主英>
1
- the purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable紫茄子。亦称 EGGPLANT.
1.1
- mass noun a dark purple colour like the skin of this fruit茄皮紫色。
2
- the large plant of the nightshade family which bears this fruit茄。
2.1
- Solanum melongena, family Solanaceae.拉丁名Solanum melongena,茄科。
词源
late 18th cent.: from French， from Catalan alberginia， from Arabic al-bāḏinjān （based on Persian bādingān, from Sanskrit vātimgana）.