;苹果 An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
I want an apple.
我想要一个苹果。
...2kg cooking apples.
两公斤烹调用的苹果
...his ongoing search for the finest varieties of apple.
他对最优种苹果坚持不懈的寻找
...a large garden with apple trees in it.
种着苹果树的大果园
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[PHRASE 短语]心肝宝贝;掌上明珠 If you say that someone is the apple of your eye, you mean that they are very important to you and you are extremely fond of them.
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Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.
彭妮的独子是她的心肝宝贝。
Oxford
apple★/ˈæpl; NAmEˈæpl/noun _fruit_comp.jpg _apple.jpg a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh 苹果◆an apple pie苹果馅饼◆apple sauce苹果沙司◆a garden with three apple trees有三棵苹果树的花园☞see also
Adam's apple
,
Big Apple
,
cooking apple
,
crab apple
,
eating apple
,
toffee apple
IDIOMSthe apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the ˈtree( saying) ( especially NAmE) a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s) 有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女;上行下效the ˌapple of sb's ˈeyea person or thing that is loved more than any other 心肝宝贝;掌上明珠ˌapples and ˈoranges( NAmE) used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other 苹果橘子两码事;截然不同◆They really are apples and oranges.他们确实是迥然不同。◆They are both great but you can't compare apples and oranges.他们俩都很棒,但是截然不同,无法比较。☞more at Americanadj.,
rotten adj.
appleapplesapple/ˈæpl; NAmEˈæpl/
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appleap‧ple /ˈæpəl/ ●●●S2W3 noun
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1apple (1)[countable, uncountable] a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside: apple pie an apple tree roast pork and apple sauce (=a thick sauce made from cooked apples) →
cooking apple
, eating apple
2be the apple of somebody’s eye to be loved very much by someone: Ben was always the apple of his father’s eye.3bob/dunk/dip for apples to play a game in which you must use your teeth to pick up apples floating in water4be as American as apple pie used to describe something that is typically American5the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree American English used to say that children are usually similar to their parents, especially in a bad way → upset the apple cart
at upset1
, → a rotten apple
at rotten1(7)
, → Adam's apple
, Big Apple
COLLOCATIONSadjectivesjuicy· a juicy green applesweet· This apple’s really sweet and delicious.sour/tart (=not at all sweet)· Some people prefer a slightly sour apple.rotten (=bad, so that the skin goes brown)· There were a few rotten apples lying on the ground.an eating/dessert apple (=one which is sweet enough to eat)· Use dessert apples for this recipe.a cooking applea baked apple (=one that has been cooked in the oven)verbseat an apple· Some people say that you should eat an apple every day.bite into an apple· Sue bit into her apple with a loud crunch.munch on an apple (=eat it)· He was munching on an apple.peel an apple (=remove the skin)· Peel the apples and slice them finely.core an apple (=remove the middle part containing the seeds)· Core the apples and cut into quarters.
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apple
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apples[7053]
苹果(98%),珍宝(1%),家伙(1%)
n.苹果,苹果树,苹果似的东西;[美俚]炸弹,手榴弹,(棒球的)球;[美俚]人,家伙。
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