type of citrus fruit, c. 1400, lymon, from Old French limon "citrus fruit" (12c.), via Proven?al or Italian from Arabic laimun, from Persian limu(n), generic terms for citrus fruits (compare lime (n.2)); cognate with Sanskrit nimbu "the lime." Slang meaning "a Quaalude" is 1960s, from Lemmon, name of a pharmaceutical company that once manufactured the drug.
lemon (n.2)
"worthless thing," 1909, American English slang; from lemon (n.1), perhaps via criminal slang sense of "a person who is a loser, a simpleton," which is perhaps from the notion of someone a sharper can "suck the juice out of." A pool hall hustle was called a lemon game (1908); while to hand someone a lemon was British slang (1906) for "to pass off a sub-standard article as a good one." Or it simply may be a metaphor for something which leaves a bad taste in one's mouth.
雙語例句
1. Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
檸檬汁和酸橙汁暫時都缺貨。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There were two lemon trees and I paused to enjoy their perfume.
那里有兩棵檸檬樹，我不禁駐足品味檸檬的芬芳。
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3. Lemon juice can help to prevent economy-class syndrome by improving blood circulation.
檸檬汁能夠改善血液循環，有助于預防經濟艙綜合征。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Try using lemon juice to remove tobacco stains from your fingers.
試試用檸檬汁去除手指上的煙漬。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice.