melon
gb/mˈɛlən/ us/mˈɛlən/
A2
Anglais
dinnye, dinnyenövény, csöcs, búra, kobak
NOM
A2
1
dinnye
A2
Schéma d’usage :
[a/an] melon; a slice/piece of melon
We served chilled melon after dinner.
Vacsora után hűtött dinnyét szolgáltunk fel.
This melon is perfectly ripe and very sweet.
Ez a dinnye tökéletesen érett és nagyon édes.
She bought a melon and cut it into wedges for the picnic.
Exemples pédagogiques
I eat melon in summer.
Nyáron dinnyét eszem.
This melon tastes sweet.
Ennek a dinnyének édes az íze.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes use melon to mean only cantaloupe; in English it can refer to several kinds (e.g., honeydew, watermelon).
Sens
sweet, juicy, thick-skinned fruit
Collocations
ripe melon
|sweet melon
|slice of melon
|piece of melon
|melon seeds
|melon rind
|melon flesh
|fresh melon
|melon salad
|melon smoothie
Synonymes
fruit (More general; melon is a specific kind of fruit.)
Thèmes
food
|cooking
|plants
|daily_life
Définition
A large sweet fruit with a hard skin and soft juicy inside.
A large, round or oval fruit with a thick rind and sweet, juicy flesh, eaten fresh, especially in summer.
NOM
B1
2
dinnyenövény
B1
Schéma d’usage :
a melon plant; melon plants
The melon plants spread quickly across the warm soil.
A dinnyenövények gyorsan szétterültek a meleg talajon.
He trained the melon vines along the edge of the garden bed.
A dinnye indáit a kertágyás széle mentén futtatta.
Too much rain can cause melon plants to rot at the base.
Exemples pédagogiques
We grow melon plants in the garden.
Dinnyenövényeket nevelünk a kertben.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may confuse the plant with the fruit; melon can refer to either, but the fruit meaning is much more common.
Sens
vine plant that grows melons
Collocations
grow melons
|melon vines
|melon patch
|melon field
|melon crop
|melon seedlings
|plant melons
|harvest melons
Synonymes
vine (General term; a melon plant is a specific kind of vine.)
Thèmes
plants
|gardening
|food
Définition
A plant that produces melons.
A trailing plant grown for its melons, typically with large leaves and spreading vines.
NOM
C1
VULGAR
3
Schéma d’usage :
[someone]'s melons
The article made a crude comment about the celebrity’s “melons.”
A cikk durva megjegyzést tett a híresség „dinnyéire”.
He got called out for using the word “melons” to talk about women’s bodies.
Rászóltak, amiért a „dinnyék” szót használta, amikor nők testéről beszélt.
Erreur fréquente :
This is offensive and objectifying in many contexts; avoid using it in polite conversation.
Sens
woman’s breasts (crude slang)
Collocations
big melons
|her melons
|talk about her melons
|crude comment about her melons
Synonymes
boobs (Also informal; generally less crude than melons but still casual.)
|
tits (Very vulgar slang; often more offensive.)
Thèmes
body
|relationships
Définition
A rude slang word for a woman’s breasts.
(Usually plural) A crude slang term for a woman’s breasts, especially large ones.
NOM
C1
SLANG
4
Schéma d’usage :
[someone]'s melon
I banged my melon on the cupboard door.
Bevertem a búrámat a szekrényajtóba.
He fell off the bike and almost hit his melon on the pavement.
Leesett a bicikliről, és majdnem beverte a búráját a járdába.
Erreur fréquente :
Often sounds very British and casual; in many situations head is the safer word.
Sens
head (informal British slang)
Collocations
use your melon
|hit your melon
|banged his melon
Synonymes
head (Neutral and standard; melon is humorous slang.)
Thèmes
body
|daily_life
Définition
(UK informal) Your head.
(Informal, chiefly British) A person’s head, especially in humorous or mildly insulting use.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
melon
API
GB/mˈɛlən/
US/mˈɛlən/
Syllabes et accentuation
mel - on (2 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (mel)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: melon
- Plural: melon, melons
Famille de mots
Forms
melons
noun
Core family
watermelon
noun
Related words
cantaloupe
noun
honeydew
noun
Expressions
melon baller
1/mˈɛlən bˈɔlɚ/
fixed phrase
tool for scooping fruit balls
A tool that makes small round balls of melon.
Exemples
- She used a melon baller to make fruit balls for the salad.
- A melon baller is handy for scooping out soft fruit quickly.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I used a melon baller to cut the melon.
melon head
1/mˈɛlən hˈɛd/
fixed phrase
informal
person with a big head
A teasing insult for someone with a big head.
Exemples
- He called his brother a melon head and ran away laughing.
- Don’t be a melon head—put on your helmet.
melon-sized
1/mˈɛlən sˈaɪzd/
fixed phrase
as big as a melon
About as big as a melon.
Exemples
- He picked up a melon-sized stone from the riverbed.
- The tumor was described as melon-sized in the report.
Exemples pédagogiques
- It was a melon-sized ball.
use your melon
1/jˈuz jˈʊɹ mˈɛlən/
idiom
informal
think; use your head
Think carefully; be sensible.
Exemples
- Use your melon—check the address before you send the package.
- If you’d used your melon, you wouldn’t have left your keys in the car.