名詞 lemon:

1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
2. a strong yellow color
   同義詞：gamboge, lemon yellow, maize
3. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
   同義詞：lemon tree, Citrus limon
4. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
5. an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
   同義詞：stinker

1. There is nothing as refreshing as lemon tea.
   什麼都不如檸檬茶那樣提神。
2. Bottled lemon juice is no good you must use the real thing.
   瓶裝檸檬汁可不行－－你得用真貨。
3. The sophisticates in the office drink lemon tea; we have coffee.
   辦公室里那些不同凡俗的人喝的是檸檬茶，我們這些人喝咖啡。
4. I like orange more than lemon.
   我喜歡桔子更甚于喜歡檸檬。
5. He is trustworthy and I am dead sure he wouldn't hand me a lemon.
   他為人可靠，我確信他不會把壞東西給我。
6. Citron is a kind of yellow fruit like a lemon.
   香木緣是一種像檸檬的黃色水果。
7. Lemon juice curdles milk.
   檸檬汁可使牛奶結(jié)成凝乳。
8. There is a lemon tree in our garden.
   我們的花園里有一棵檸檬樹。

lem.on

n.（名詞）

A spiny, Asian evergreen tree(Citrus limon) widely cultivated for its yellow, egg-shaped fruit.
檸檬（樹）：亞洲一種多刺的四季常青樹（檸檬 柑桔屬） ，因其黃色蛋狀的果實(shí)而廣泛栽培
The fruit of this tree, having a yellow aromatic rind and juicy, acid pulp.
檸檬（果）：這種樹的果實(shí)，有黃色芳香的外皮和多汁的酸果肉
Color Lemon yellow.
【色彩】 檸檬黃
Informal One that is unsatisfactory or defective:
【非正式用語】 有缺點(diǎn)之物：令人不滿意或者是有瑕疵的人或物：
例句：
Their new car turned out to be a lemon.
他們的新車竟是次品

adj.（形容詞）
Color Lemon-yellow.
【色彩】 檸檬黃的

Made from lemons.
檸檬制的
Tasting or smelling like lemons.
檸檬味的：品嘗起來或聞起來有檸檬味的

來源：
Middle English limon
中古英語 limon
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Old Italian limone
源自 古意大利語 limone
from Arabic laymôn, lomôn
源自 阿拉伯語 laymôn, lomôn
from Persian lomôn
源自 波斯語 lomôn

<注釋>Although we know neither where the lemon was first grownnor when it first came to Europe,we do know from its name alone that it came to us from the Middle East,because we can trace its etymological path.One of the earliest if not the earliest occurrences of our word is found in a Middle English customs document of 420-42.The Middle English word, which was of the formlimon, goes back to Old Frenchlimon, showing that yet another delicacy passed into England through France.The Old French word probably came from Italianlimone, another step on the route that leads back to the Arabic wordlaymôn or lomôn, which comes from the Persian wordlomôn.
雖然我們既不知道檸檬是在哪兒被最早種植的，也不知道它是什么時候傳到歐洲的，但是我們卻能單從它的名字確切地判斷出它是從中東地區(qū)傳到我們的，因?yàn)槲覀兛梢宰匪莩鏊恼Z源的發(fā)展道路。如果不是最早出現(xiàn)的話，最早的發(fā)現(xiàn)記錄于420年至42年之間的一份中古英語海關(guān)文件中。這個中古英語單詞的形式是limon ， 可以追溯到古代法語中的limon 一詞， 它表明又一種美味佳肴由法國傳入了英國。這個古代法語單詞很可能來源于意大利單詞limone ， 這就更朝前一步地回到了阿拉伯語中的laymun 或 limun ， 這一單詞來源于波斯語limun