melon

melon — noun

1. A type of large round fruit whose outer skin ranges from green to yellow and who

1.名詞A1
釋義

A type of large round fruit whose outer skin ranges from green to yellow and whose inner flesh is soft, sweet, and juicy, with many seeds inside.

例句

Hamza bought a ripe melon from the market and cut it into slices for breakfast.

We picked a melon that felt heavy for its size, which signals sweetness.

collocation: heavy melon — choosing a good melon

同義詞
  • cantaloupe

    A specific common type of melon with orange flesh and a rough netted skin; often treated as a distinct fruit in supermarkets.

  • honeydew

    A type of melon with smooth pale green skin and sweet light-green flesh; less sweet than cantaloupe.

  • watermelon

    A very large type of melon with green-striped rind and red, watery flesh with black seeds; commonly eaten in summer.

文法句型

a/an + melon

some + melon

用法筆記

Countable when referring to a whole fruit ('a ripe melon'), uncountable when referring to the flesh as food ('a bowl of melon'). Melon names often combine with a variety name: 'honeydew melon', 'cantaloupe melon'.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a melon for breakfast.' (when you ate a bowl of melon pieces, not the whole fruit).
✅I ate some melon for breakfast.
💡'some melon' refers to pieces of the flesh, while 'a melon' means the whole fruit.
❌This melon tastes like watermelon.' (treating 'melon' as a specific type).
✅This melon tastes like a watermelon.' or 'This is a type of melon that tastes like watermelon.
💡'melon' is a general category that includes several fruit types.