• n. 哈密瓜；香瓜；[園藝] 羅馬甜瓜

因產自意大利Cantalupo而得名。俗詞源認為該地名來自cant, 唱，吟唱，-lupo, 狼，詞源同wolf, 即狼出沒之地。

cantaloupe

cantaloupe: [18] The cantaloupe melon was introduced into Europe from Armenia. The place where the newcomer was first cultivated is said to have been a former summer estate of the popes near Rome called Cantaluppi – whence the name. Both the name and the fruit had made their way to France by the 15th century, but neither seems to have arrived permanently in England until the early 18th century.

cantaloupe (n.)

also cantaloup, 1739, from French, from Italian, from Cantalupo, name of a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons first were grown in Europe after their introduction (supposedly from Armenia). The place name seems to be "singing wolf" and might refer to a spot where wolves gathered, but this might be folk etymology.

1. KRAMER: George, I want you to taste this cantaloupe.

克雷默: 喬治, 我要你嘗一下這甜瓜.

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2. Suddenly a cantaloupe - size rock tumbled from the truck's load.

突然,一塊甜瓜大小的石頭從負載的卡車上滾落下來.

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3. I, a called bon vivant, only gave you a cantaloupe.

號稱美食家的我, 就送過一個哈密瓜.

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4. KRAMER: Jerry, tell him how good this cantaloupe is.

克雷默: 杰瑞, 告訴他這甜瓜有多好.

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5. KRAMER: It's the best cantaloupe I ever had.

克雷默: 這可是我吃過的最好的甜瓜啦.

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