avocado
noun [countable, uncountable](plural avocados)
(British English also avocado pear)
a tropical fruit with hard, dark green skin and a soft, light green inside part that does not taste sweet and contains a large seed 油梨，鳄梨（热带水果，皮硬呈深绿色，肉软呈浅绿色，核大） 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ripe
- eat
- have
- halve
- …
- dip
- mousse
- purée
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish, alteration (influenced by avocado ‘advocate’) of aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl.
