cucumber
/ˈkjuːkʌmbə(r)/noun
1
- a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled黄瓜（指果实）。
2
- 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（指植物）。参见SQUIRTING CUCUMBER.
2.1
- Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae.拉丁名Cucumis sativus,葫芦科。
短语
(as) cool as a cucumber
1
- untroubled by heat or exertion不受炎热困扰的; 轻松自在的。
1.1
- calm and relaxed镇定自若的, 十分冷静的。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French cocombre, coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-.