| 英语单词 | almond |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['ɑːmənd] 美 ['ɑːmənd] |
| 中文释义 | n.杏仁;扁桃;巴旦木,巴旦杏 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He brought me a bag of almond paste. (2) There was a taste of almond in the cake. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他给我带来一袋杏仁软糖。 (2) 那蛋糕有一点杏仁味道。 |
| vocabulary简明 | An almond is an oval-shaped nut that grows inside a hard shell. Almonds grow on almond trees. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Almonds are native to Mediterranean climates, particularly South Asia and the Middle East, and have spread to parts of North Africa, Southern Europe, and California. Almond trees flower in the spring, before the nuts are ready to harvest. While wild almonds are poisonous, the nut of the domesticated, sweet almond is delicious. We know the word almond comes from the Greek amygdalos, or "almond tree," but its origin beyond that is uncertain. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]See also:sugared almond ;杏仁 Almonds are pale oval nuts. They are often used in cooking.
2 [N-VAR 可变名词]杏树 An almond or an almond tree, is a tree on which almonds grow.
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