• n. 石灰；酸橙；绿黄色
• vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鸟胶于
• adj. 绿黄色的
• n. (Lime)人名；(法)利姆

来自拉丁语limus,污泥，黏质物，来自PIE*slei,黏的，滑的，词源同slime,delete,liniment.引申词义涂沫，石灰。

来自波斯语limun,柠檬，桔类，词源同lemon.

来自古英语lind,欧椴树，词源同linden.拼写比较lamp,lantern.

lime

lime: English has three distinct words lime, of which by far the oldest is lime the ‘chalky substance’ [OE]. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *līm- (shared also by German leim, Dutch lijm, and Swedish limma), a variant of which also produced English loam [OE]. Lime the ‘citrus fruit’ [17] comes via French lime and Proven?al limo from Arabic līmah ‘citrus fruit’, which was also the source of English lemon [14].

And lime the ‘tree’ [17] is an alteration of an earlier line, a variant of lind ‘lime tree’ (the closely related linden was acquired in the 16th century, from German lindenbaum or early modern Dutch lindenboom ‘lime tree’).
=> loam; lemon; linden

lime (n.1)

"chalky mineral used in making mortar," from Old English lim "sticky substance, birdlime, mortar, cement, gluten," from Proto-Germanic *leimaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Danish lim, Dutch lijm, German Leim "birdlime"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (cognates: Latin limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to smear;" see slime (n.)). Lime is made by putting limestone or shells in a red heat, which burns off the carbonic acid and leaves a brittle white solid which dissolves easily in water. Hence lime-kiln (late 13c.), lime-burner (early 14c.). As a verb, c. 1200, from the noun.

lime (n.2)

greenish-yellow citrus fruit, 1630s, probably via Spanish lima, from Arabic limah "citrus fruit," from Persian limun "lemon" (see lemon (n.1)). Related: Limeade (1892), with ending as in lemonade.

lime (n.3)

"linden tree," 1620s, earlier line (c. 1500), from Middle English lynde (early 14c.), from Old English lind "lime tree" (see linden). Klein suggests the change of -n- to -m- probably began in compounds whose second element began in a labial (such as line-bark, line-bast). An ornamental European tree unrelated to the tree that produces the citrus fruit.

1. Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.

柠檬汁和酸橙汁暂时都缺货。

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2. She wore a lime-green trouser suit.

她穿着一身暗黄绿色的衣裤套装。

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3. Sophie looked chic in lime green and navy.

索菲身着酸橙绿和海军蓝，显得很时尚。

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4. Add a few drops of lime juice.

加几滴酸橙汁。

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5. I'll have a vodka and lime.

我要喝一杯酸橙伏特加。

来自《权威词典》