名詞 gherkin:

1. any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
2. small prickly cucumber

gher.kin

n.（名詞）

A West Indian vine(Cucumis anguria) having prickly, mature fruits that are sold as curiosities. The immature fruits are widely used for pickling.
西印度黃瓜：西印度的一種瓜（西印度黃瓜 香瓜屬） ，其帶刺的、成熟的果實(shí)被當(dāng)成珍品出售。未熟的果實(shí)被廣泛用于腌制
The fruit of this plant.Also called gooseberry gourd
西印度黃瓜：這種植物的果實(shí)也作 gooseberry gourd
A small cucumber, especially one used for pickling.
腌制用黃瓜：一種小黃瓜，尤指用來腌制的那種

來源：
Dutch gurken [pl. of] gurk [cucumber]
荷蘭語 gurken [] gurk的復(fù)數(shù) [黃瓜]
short for agurk
agurk的簡寫
possibly from Polish ogorek
可能源自 波蘭語 ogorek
perhaps from Late Greek angourion
可能源自 后期希臘語 angourion