tomato的意思

tomato

英 [tə'mɑːtəʊ] 美 [tə'meto]

tomato 西红柿，番茄

来自古班牙语 tomate,来自南美土著语 tomatl,西红柿，拼写受 potato 影响俗化。

tomato (n.): 1753, earlier tomate (c. 1600), from Spanish tomate (mid-16c.) from Nahuatl (Aztecan) tomatl "a tomato," said to mean literally "the swelling fruit," from tomana "to swell." Spelling probably influenced by potato (1565). Slang meaning "an attractive girl" is recorded from 1929, on notion of juicy plumpness.

A member of the nightshade family, all of which contain poisonous alkaloids. Introduced in Europe from the New World, by 1550 they regularly were consumed in Italy but grown only as ornamental plants in England and not eaten there or in the U.S. at first. An encyclopedia of 1753 describes it as "a fruit eaten either stewed or raw by the Spaniards and Italians and by the Jew families of England." Introduced in U.S. 1789 as part of a program by then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, but not commonly eaten until after c. 1830.

Alternative name love apple and alleged aphrodisiac qualities have not been satisfactorily explained; perhaps from Italian name pomodoro, taken as from adorare "to adore," but probably rather from d'or "of gold" (in reference to color) or de Moro "of the Moors."

1. There'snothing like fresh basil to put a zing into a tomato sauce.: 在番茄沙司中无论加入什么都不如加一点儿新鲜的紫苏更能提味。

2. Norman cut open his pie and squirted tomato sauce into it.: 诺尔曼切开自己的派，往里面挤了点番茄酱。