gherkin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gher·kin /ˈɡɜːkɪn $ ˈɡɜːr-/ noun [countable] 
DFFa small type of cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar to make a type of pickle 醋腌小黄瓜
DFFa small type of cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar to make a type of pickle 醋腌小黄瓜Examples from the Corpus
gherkin• Chips have lots of vitamin C and gherkins are fat-free, but mix with jacket spuds and calorie-free salads.• Pâté with sliced egg and gherkin.• Pizza Roll - spicy chopped pork with hunks of garlic salami, black olives, red popper and gherkins.• Divide one tablespoon of chopped gherkins among the toasts and serve.• Pierce 2 olive halves and one gherkin with halved cocktail sticks and put in orange to make porcupines' eyes and nose.• Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.• Garnish with gherkins and cherry tomatoes.nthe GherkinGherkin, the na very tall office building in London, designed by the British architect Sir Norman Foster, and completed in 2004. Some people think it looks like a gherkin because of its shape. The official name of the building is the Swiss Reinsurance Tower. It is also known more informally as the Swiss Re Building.Origin gherkin (1600-1700) Dutch gurken “cucumbers”, from Polish ogurek, from Medieval Greek agouros “watermelon”gher·kin nounGherkin, theLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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Gherkin
Gherkin, the
a very tall office building in London, designed by the British architect Sir Norman Foster, and completed in 2004. Some people think it looks like a gherkin because of its shape. The official name of the building is the Swiss Reinsurance Tower. It is also known more informally as the Swiss Re Building.
Gherkin, the
a very tall office building in London, designed by the British architect Sir Norman Foster, and completed in 2004. Some people think it looks like a gherkin because of its shape. The official name of the building is the Swiss Reinsurance Tower. It is also known more informally as the Swiss Re Building.
gherkin
gher‧kin /ˈɡɜːkən, ˈɡɜːkɪn $ ˈɡɜːr-/ noun [countable]
a small type of cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar to make a type of pickle
gher‧kin /ˈɡɜːkən, ˈɡɜːkɪn $ ˈɡɜːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: Dutch
Origin: gurken 'cucumbers', from Polish ogurek, from Medieval Greek agouros 'watermelon'
Language: Dutch
Origin: gurken 'cucumbers', from Polish ogurek, from Medieval Greek agouros 'watermelon'
a small type of cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar to make a type of pickle