- (British English) (North American English pickle)
a small cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar before being eaten 醋泡小黄瓜 - (North American English)
a small cucumber 小黄瓜
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Dutch augurkje, gurkje, diminutive of augurk, gurk, from Slavic, based on medieval Greek angourion ‘cucumber’.