/'kju:kʌmbə(r); `kjukʌmbɚ/
n
1 (a) [C, U] long green-skinned fleshy vegetable used raw in sandwiches and salads, or pickled 黄瓜
*a huge cucumber 一条大黄瓜
* Have some cucumber. 吃点黄瓜吧. *[attrib 作定语] cucumber salad, sandwiches, etc 有黄瓜的色拉、三明治等. =>illus at salad 见salad之插图.(b) [C] plant that produces this 黄瓜藤.
2 (idm 习语) cool as a cucumber => cool1.

n [U and C]

[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: cocombre, from Latin cucumis]
a long thin round vegetable with a dark green skin and a light green inside, usually eaten raw