plantain
美音:
[´plæntən
]英音:
[´plæntən
]n. 车前草,香蕉之一种
难易程度:
plantain为短语/超纲词汇
plantain
/'plæntɪn; `plæntɪn/
n
(a) [C, U] tropical fruit, similar to a banana but usu cooked before being eaten 大蕉(果实).
(b) [C] tree-like plant that bears this 大蕉(植物).
/'plæntɪn; `plæntɪn/
n common wild plant with broad flat leaves and small green flowers, that bears seeds which are used as food for cage-birds 车前草.
plantain
n[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Spanish;Origin: plántano, from
Latin platanus type of tree]
[U and C]a kind of
banana that is cooked before it is eaten, or the plant on which it grows
[C]a common wild plant with small green flowers and wide leaves