pumpkin

pumpkin — noun

1. a large round fruit with a hard orange or yellow outer skin, soft orange flesh i

1.名詞A1
釋義

a large round fruit with a hard orange or yellow outer skin, soft orange flesh inside, and flat white seeds, eaten cooked as a food or used for decoration during Halloween

例句

Mira cut the pumpkin in half and scooped out the seeds before roasting it.

collocation: scoop out the seeds

Every Halloween, the local children carve faces into large orange pumpkins and place candles inside.

collocation: carve a pumpkin / Halloween tradition

同義詞
  • squash

    a broader category that includes pumpkins, courgettes, and butternut squash; less specific

  • gourd

    any plant from the Cucurbitaceae family, including decorative varieties not typically eaten

文法句型

pumpkin + noun (pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup)

用法筆記

In everyday use, 'pumpkin' refers to the fruit itself. For dishes, it commonly appears as a modifier before a noun (pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread).

常見錯誤

❌I bought a pumpkin soup.
✅I bought pumpkin soup.
💡When pumpkin is used as a modifier, no article is needed between it and the dish name.
❌Pumpkin is very sweet today.
✅This pumpkin is very sweet today.
💡Pumpkin is a countable noun, so it needs a determiner when referring to a single fruit.

2. a creeping plant with long stems, large rough leaves, and yellow flowers, belong

2.名詞B1
釋義

a creeping plant with long stems, large rough leaves, and yellow flowers, belonging to the gourd family, which produces pumpkins as its fruit

例句

In late spring, Lan planted pumpkin seeds at the edge of the vegetable patch.

planting and growing the vine

The pumpkin vine spread quickly across the ground and climbed up the old fence.

collocation: pumpkin vine

同義詞
  • vine

    a general term for any climbing or trailing plant; less specific than pumpkin

  • gourd

    any plant from the Cucurbitaceae family that produces hard-skinned fruits

用法筆記

In everyday conversation, 'pumpkin' almost always refers to the fruit (sense 1). The plant sense is mainly used in gardening, farming, or botanical contexts where the vine itself is the focus.