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watermelon

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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wa·ter·mel·on /ˈwɔːtəˌmelən $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DFFa large round fruit with hard green skin, red flesh, and black seeds 西瓜4  See picture of 见图 FRUIT 15 see picture at 见图 fruit1
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watermelonJack put the gun in my hands, and I held it like a watermelon.It's worth splurging on, at least once, just to experience watermelon through a straw.Next to them was a huge watermelon and a bowl of green figs.Stretching up to a paint-peeling house was a patch of watermelons and tomatoes.Rubbed our souls for soothing: tip tongued slurring for sure over ripe watermelons.It turned out to be the food market, where they sold swollen watermelons and aubergines and strange shaped fruits.Mr Grange lurks like a big spider in the deep shade at the back of the produce stand beside the watermelons.
wa·ter·mel·on nounChineseSyllable
a hard skin, with Corpus large round fruit green


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watermelon
watermelon /ˈwɔːtəˌmelən $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

a large round fruit with hard green skin, red flesh, and black seeds


water·melonBrE /ˈwɔːtəmelən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɔːtərmelən/ 🔊, /ˈwɑːtərmelən/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable]
a type of large melon with hard, dark green skin, red flesh and black seeds 西瓜