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a pumpkin
pumpkin 作可数名词时，单数前面要加 a/an。
I bought a pumpkin for Halloween.
我买了一个南瓜准备过万圣节。
南瓜（果实）
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
南瓜（果实）
The large round orange fruit of the pumpkin plant.
I bought a pumpkin for Halloween.
我买了一个南瓜准备过万圣节。
一种栽培植物,属南瓜属(Cucurbita pepo),生长习性、叶、花和果实类似西葫芦或甜瓜。
A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
一种粗藤植物,果实大而多汁,圆形,橙色,皮硬,籽多；西葫芦亚种包括夏季南瓜和少数秋季南瓜
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
该植物的圆形黄色或橙色果实。
The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
通常为大型多汁的深黄色圆形瓜果,夏末或早秋成熟
usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
We bought a large pumpkin at the farmers' market to carve for the autumn festival.
我们在农贸市场买了一个大南瓜，打算为秋季节日雕刻。
She made a creamy pumpkin soup with the pumpkin we grew in the garden.
她用我们在菜园里种的南瓜做了一道奶油南瓜汤。
The pumpkins on the porch turned bright orange after two weeks of sun.
门廊上的南瓜在晒了两周太阳后变成了亮橙色。
pumpkin 作可数名词时，单数前面要加 a/an。
I bought a pumpkin for Halloween.
我买了一个南瓜准备过万圣节。
pumpkin 的复数形式直接在词尾加 -s。
These pumpkins were grown in our garden.
这些南瓜是在我们菜园里种的。
pumpkin 作定语修饰名词时，用单数形式，表示用途或成分，如 pumpkin soup（南瓜汤）。
She cooked pumpkin soup for the guests.
她为客人们煮了南瓜汤。
Not this
I bought three pumpkin at the market.
Use this
I bought three pumpkins at the market.
pumpkin 指单个南瓜果实时是可数名词，three 后面要用复数形式 pumpkins。中文“南瓜”没有复数标记，所以学习者容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
She made a pumpkins soup for dinner.
Use this
She made a pumpkin soup for dinner.
名词作定语修饰另一个名词时通常用单数。pumpkin 修饰 soup 表示“南瓜汤”，不需要变为复数。中文“南瓜汤”没有单复数变化，所以这里不要加 -s。
Not this
I saw pumpkin in the field.
Use this
I saw a pumpkin in the field.
pumpkin 是可数名词，单数形式不能裸用，前面需要加冠词 a 或 the。中文没有冠词，因此学习者容易漏掉 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
南瓜派
My grandmother makes the best pumpkin pie every Thanksgiving.
我祖母每年感恩节都会做最好吃的南瓜派。
南瓜地
We took the kids to a pumpkin patch to pick their own pumpkins.
我们带孩子们去南瓜地亲自挑选南瓜。
南瓜籽
Roasted pumpkin seeds are a healthy snack.
烤南瓜籽是一种健康的零食。
南瓜香料
She ordered a pumpkin spice latte.
她点了一杯南瓜香料拿铁。
雕刻南瓜
The kids love to carve a pumpkin at Halloween.
孩子们喜欢在万圣节雕刻南瓜。
南瓜汤
This creamy pumpkin soup is perfect for autumn.
这道奶油南瓜汤非常适合秋天。
（像灰姑娘一样）到午夜就必须离开或睡觉
I have to go home now or I'll turn into a pumpkin.
我现在得回家了，否则就要变成南瓜了。
重要人物；了不起的人（常用于否定或贬义语境）
Ever since he won that award, he thinks he's some pumpkins.
自从他得了那个奖，他就觉得自己很了不起。
傻瓜，笨蛋
Why did you do that, you pumpkin head?
你为什么那样做，你这个笨蛋？
我在等待大南瓜。
In the Peanuts special, Linus waits in a pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin.
在《花生漫画》特别节目中,莱纳斯在南瓜地里等待大南瓜。
彼得,彼得,吃南瓜的人,有个妻子却留不住她。
In this old nursery rhyme, a man named Peter is called a 'pumpkin eater'.
在这首古老的童谣里,一个名叫彼得的人被叫做‘吃南瓜的人’。
Use pumpkin naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象万圣节南瓜灯：pump 像在给圆瓜打气，圆鼓鼓的橙瓜挖空透光——pumpkin。
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、shopping for produce、autumn decorations 该词是普通名词，语气中性，通常用于日常对话和一般书面语；在烹饪、购买农产品或秋季季节话题中比较常见，不属于明显的正式或非正式用语。
既是可数名词（指整个南瓜），也是不可数名词（指南瓜肉或南瓜食品）
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