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chestnut n.栗子；栗树；栗色；栗色马；陈词滥调；七叶树；马的胼胝adj.栗色的 (1) 这些栗子是鲜亮的红褐色。(2) 栗树一下就绿了。(3) 老人用刺马钉驱赶着他那栗色骏马。(4) 他用火车误点那样老掉牙的说法作为自己迟到的借口。(5) 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色的,而不愿说她的头发是棕色的。

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英 ['tʃesnʌt] 美 ['tʃesnʌt] (1) These chestnuts are of bright reddish-brown.(2) The chestnut trees were breaking into green.(3) The old man set spurs to his noble chestnut horse.(4) He gave as his excuse for being late that old chestnut about the train being delayed.(5) I call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:horse chestnut；栗子树 A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]栗子 Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts. 3[COLOUR 颜色词]栗色；红棕色 Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour. ...a woman with chestnut hair.栗色头发的女子...a chestnut mare.枣红色母马4[PHRASE 短语]老掉牙的话(或故事、笑话)；老一套 If you refer to a statement, a story, or a joke as an old chestnut or a hoary chestnut, you mean that it has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting.   [N inflects]...that old chestnut, the war between man and machines.又是老掉牙的故事：人机大战

英语单词	chestnut
英美音标	英 ['tʃesnʌt] 美 ['tʃesnʌt]
中文释义	n.栗子；栗树；栗色；栗色马；陈词滥调；七叶树；马的胼胝 adj.栗色的
英语例句	(1) These chestnuts are of bright reddish-brown. (2) The chestnut trees were breaking into green. (3) The old man set spurs to his noble chestnut horse. (4) He gave as his excuse for being late that old chestnut about the train being delayed. (5) I call her hair chestnut rather than brown.
中文例句	(1) 这些栗子是鲜亮的红褐色。 (2) 栗树一下就绿了。 (3) 老人用刺马钉驱赶着他那栗色骏马。 (4) 他用火车误点那样老掉牙的说法作为自己迟到的借口。 (5) 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色的,而不愿说她的头发是棕色的。
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:horse chestnut ；栗子树 A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]栗子 Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts. 3 [COLOUR 颜色词]栗色；红棕色 Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour. ...a woman with chestnut hair. 栗色头发的女子 ...a chestnut mare. 枣红色母马 4 [PHRASE 短语]老掉牙的话(或故事、笑话)；老一套 If you refer to a statement, a story, or a joke as an old chestnut or a hoary chestnut, you mean that it has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting. [N inflects] ...that old chestnut, the war between man and machines. 又是老掉牙的故事：人机大战

Chestnut Man N Count 可数名词 Tree Reddish Brown 英 Tʃesnʌt] 美