butternut
butternut — 名詞
- butternutsingular
- butternutsplural
1. a large vegetable with pale-brown skin, a long curved neck, and a round bottom;
栗子南瓜
長形南瓜，皮淺褐肉橘黃
a large vegetable with pale-brown skin, a long curved neck, and a round bottom; when cooked, its bright orange inside tastes mildly sweet
Mira roasted a butternut with rosemary and garlic for Sunday dinner.
Mira 用迷迭香和大蒜烤了一顆栗子南瓜當作週日晚餐。
countable: a butternut (the whole vegetable)
The knife slipped as Walid tried to peel the tough skin off the butternut.
刀子滑了一下——Walid 試圖削去栗子南瓜那層硬皮。
A simple soup of butternut and ginger warms the whole house on cold evenings.
一碗簡單的栗子南瓜薑湯，在寒冷的夜晚讓整間屋子都暖和起來。
Sora added cubes of roasted butternut to the salad with feta cheese and walnuts.
Sora 把烤好的栗子南瓜塊拌入沙拉，配上菲達起司和核桃。
Lucas cut the butternut into cubes and roasted the pieces in oil for a salad.
Lucas 將栗子南瓜切成方丁，拌油烤熟後用來做沙拉。
- winter squash
a broader category that includes butternut, acorn squash, and other varieties
- pumpkin
similar in cooking use but different in shape and slightly sweeter taste
2. a tall walnut-family tree from eastern North America that grows sweet egg-shaped
灰胡桃
北美胡桃樹，木材淺褐，果實可食
a tall walnut-family tree from eastern North America that grows sweet egg-shaped nuts inside green husks and provides soft light-brown wood for furniture and carvings
The old butternut in Renata's backyard drops sweet nuts every autumn.
Renata 後院那棵老灰胡桃，每年秋天都會掉落香甜的堅果。
countable: a specific tree
Quinn carved a small stool from butternut wood, admiring its pale colour and fine grain.
Quinn 用灰胡桃木雕刻了一張小凳子，欣賞著它淡雅的色澤和細緻的紋理。
butternut wood as material
Small squirrels scurried beneath the butternut, gathering fallen nuts for winter.
小松鼠們在灰胡桃樹下鑽來鑽去，忙著收集掉落的堅果準備過冬。
Owen planted a young butternut by his shed, hoping to carve the wood.
Owen 在自家棚屋旁種了一棵小灰胡桃，希望將來能用它的木材雕刻東西。
Tall butternut trees along the river, planted fifty years ago, drop sweet nuts for squirrels each autumn.
河邊那些高大的灰胡桃樹是五十年前種下的，每年秋天都為松鼠落下香甜的堅果。
- white walnut
the common alternative name for Juglans cinerea, referring to the pale colour of the wood
- walnut tree
a broader family name; butternut is a specific species within the walnut genus