pepo
pepo — 名詞
1. a fruit that grows on plants in the gourd family, such as the pumpkin, melon, or
瓠果
葫蘆科特有、外皮堅硬多籽的果實
a fruit that grows on plants in the gourd family, such as the pumpkin, melon, or cucumber, with soft flesh, a tough outer skin, and lots of seeds inside.
In her botany class, Élise learned that a watermelon is really a pepo.
在植物學課堂上，Élise 學到西瓜其實是一種瓠果。
naming a fruit type: X is a pepo
Arjun held up a cucumber and a squash, calling each one a pepo.
Arjun 舉起一條黃瓜和一顆南瓜，說它們都是瓠果。
naming two fruits as the type
Each pepo on the farm grew heavy as its hard skin thickened in the sun.
農場裡每顆瓠果在陽光下外皮越長越厚，也越來越重。
describing the hard rind feature
Caio cut open the pepo and scooped out the wet, seed-filled center.
Caio 剖開那顆瓠果，挖出裡面濕濕、滿是籽的果心。
concrete action showing seeds and flesh
At the autumn market, Dahlia pointed out that the pumpkins and gourds were all pepos.
在秋天的市集上，Dahlia 指出那些南瓜和葫蘆全都是瓠果。
plural pepos in a concrete scene
- hard rind
- fleshy fruit
- gourd family
- berry
broader botanical class; a pepo is one special kind of berry
用法筆記
A technical botany term, mainly seen in textbooks and plant-science writing. Subject is usually a specific gourd-family fruit (pumpkin, melon, cucumber, squash).
2. dried, fully grown pumpkin seeds taken as an old remedy to remove worms, includi
南瓜籽藥
曬乾的南瓜籽，傳統用來驅蟲
dried, fully grown pumpkin seeds taken as an old remedy to remove worms, including tapeworms, from the body.
The old pharmacy still kept a jar of pepo for treating stomach worms.
那家老藥房還留著一罐治腸道寄生蟲用的南瓜籽藥。
uncountable, named use against worms
In the village clinic, Dr. Tuan gave a sick child pepo to clear out tapeworms.
在鄉下的診所裡，Tuan 醫師給一個生病的孩子南瓜籽藥來清除絛蟲。
named clinic scene, medicinal use
Hamza read that pepo was once ground into a paste and swallowed as medicine.
Hamza 讀到南瓜籽藥以前會被磨成糊狀，當成藥吞下去。
how the seeds were prepared
Rin found pepo listed in an old herbal book, right beside other dried-seed remedies.
Rin 在一本舊草藥書裡找到南瓜籽藥，就列在其他乾燥種子療方的旁邊。
named reader, classed with seed remedies
- dried seeds
- expel worms
- anthelmintic
general term for any worm-removing medicine; pepo is one folk example
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is the seed-based remedy, not the whole fruit. Almost always uncountable and tied to traditional or historical medicine.
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- gourd family
- hard rind
- pumpkin seeds
常用片語
- a type of berry
- the characteristic fruit of the gourd family