English Dictionary

cucumber

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkjuːˌkʌmbɚ/

名詞

A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus. / The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh. / A person who is calm and self-possessed.

日本語の意味

ウリ科に属する蔓植物（Cucumis sativus）としてのキュウリ。 / この植物の食用の果実で、緑色の皮とシャキシャキとした白い果肉を持つ。 / 落ち着いていて、自制がある人を比喩的に表現する場合もある。

I sliced a fresh cucumber and added it to the salad.

新鮮なキュウリを薄切りにしてサラダに加えた。

意味（1）

A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.

ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.

意味（2）

The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

[…]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

意味（3）

A person who is calm and self-possessed.

Just a few tips will help even the most anxious of us get a bit of control over the presentation of information and thus appear to be that cool cucumber in cognito!

cucumbers （ plural ）