释义 |
pumpkin noun- used as a sentimental term of address US
The affectionate tone of the term of address runs counter to the earlier sense of an “ineffective, incompetent person”. - I’m guessing that’s what the soprano shriek was about, pumpkin. — Something About Mary, 1998
- in car repair, a pumpkin-shaped differential cover US
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcyle Slang, p. 157, 1992
- in trucking, a flat tyre US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 124, 1971
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