butternut

noun

1. 灰胡桃树（北美观赏树，木材可用）
   a N American tree grown as a decoration and for its wood

1. At the back door there was a great butternut tree, round which the steps had been built, and in front the trees stood so close that I could touch them and feel the wind shake their branches, or the leaves twirl downward in the autumn blast.
   房子后门还有一棵巨大的灰胡桃树，人们在它的周围修建了台阶。我离这些树木是如此之近，可以轻易地摸到被风吹拂的树枝，还有在阵阵秋风中滚动的树叶。
2. Whole baby lamb on a spit is a favorite; and make sure to try South African chef Jeremiah Leso's butternut soup.
   这里的烤全乳羊最受人们欢迎。南非厨师杰里迈亚·莱索做的白胡桃汤也不要错过。
3. He was wearing the remains of his butternut trousers and one of gerald's shirts, a shirt which in better times went only to court days and barbecues, a ruffled shirt which was far too short for its present owner.
   他身上穿的是一条粗布裤子和一件杰拉尔德的衬衫，这件衬衫以前完好的时候只有开庭和参加野宴时才穿的，如今已经皱巴巴的，穿在新主人身上显然是太短了。
4. 2 cups cooked, peeled and mashed butternut squash or sweet potatoes
   两杯煮熟去皮捣碎的冬南瓜或甘薯

noun

1. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

2. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts

   Synonym:    butternut treewhite walnutJuglans cinerea