papaya

1.名詞A2

釋義

a sweet tropical fruit that grows on a tall tree and has a green or yellow outer skin, soft orange inner flesh, and a hollow centre filled with many small black seeds; also the tree itself

例句

For breakfast, Lin ate half a papaya with a squeeze of lime.

countable: half a papaya / a papaya

The market had ripe papayas from Thailand for only two dollars each.

plural form: papayas

文法句型

papaya as countable noun

用法筆記

Also called 'pawpaw' in some parts of the world, particularly the Caribbean and Australia. However, 'pawpaw' can also refer to a different fruit (Asimina triloba) native to North America.

常見錯誤

❌I bought two papaya at the market.

✅I bought two papayas at the market.

💡Papaya is a countable noun, so it takes a plural form when referring to more than one fruit.

papaya — noun

1. a sweet tropical fruit that grows on a tall tree and has a green or yellow outer

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤