apple [?pl]
n.
1. 蘋果, 蘋果樹
2. 蘋果似的東西
3. [美俚]炸彈, 手榴彈, (棒球的)球
4. [美俚]人, 家夥
apple blossom
蘋果樹的花
apple butter
蘋果醬
繼承用法:
applejack [?p(?)ld?k]
n. 蘋果白蘭地[燒酒]
apple-knocker
n.
1. 鄉下佬, 莊稼漢
2. 采蘋果[水果]者
3. 新手, 生手
apple-polish [ˋ?pl?p?l?]
vt., vi. 逢迎, 討好
applesauce [?plˋs?s]
n.
1. 蘋果醬
2. [美俚]胡說, 假意的恭維
applewife,applewoman
n. 賣蘋果的女人
習慣用語:
Adam's apple
喉結
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
[諺] 壹天壹個蘋果, 醫生不上門(比喻不生病)。
apple of discord
不和的種子, 禍根(據希臘神話, 三女神因爭金蘋果而導致特洛伊戰爭)
apple of one's eye
1. 瞳孔, 瞳仁
2. 掌上明珠; 心愛的寶貝
apple of the eye
1. 瞳孔, 瞳仁
2. 掌上明珠; 心愛的寶貝
apple of Sodom (=Dead Sea apple)
1. 索多姆地方的果子(古代傳說中產於死海附近的果子, 外表好看但摘下來便化成灰燼)
2. 華而不實東西; 虛有其表的事物
as like as an apple to an oyster
毫無相同之處
bad apple
[美俚]壞家夥
rotten apple
[美俚]壞家夥
golden apple
1. (導致希臘三女神爭奪的)金蘋果
2. 西紅柿, 番茄
love apple
[古]西紅柿, 番茄
polish the apple
[美俚]拍馬屁, 討好
The rotten apple injures its neighbours.
[諺]壹只爛, 爛壹筐; 壹個壞朋友可以影響壹群好人。
Throw away the apple because of the core.
因噎廢食。
upset sb.'s apple cart
破壞某人計劃
特殊用法:
baked apple
烤蘋果
candied apple
蘋果蜜餞
carthaginian apple
石榴
cedar apple
膠銹菌癭
Chinese flowering apple
海棠花
custard apple
南美番荔枝
dehydrocanned apple
罐裝脫水蘋果
haw apple
山楂果
mad apple
茄子
oak apple
櫟子
preserved apple
蘋果脯
rose apple
蒲桃
sugar apple
番荔枝
thorn apple
曼陀羅
(a) round fruit with firm juicy flesh and green, red or yellow skin when ripe 蘋果: [attrib 作定語] an apple pie 蘋果餡餅 * apple sauce 蘋果醬. =>illus at fruit 見fruit之插圖. (b) (also `apple tree) tree bearing this fruit 蘋果樹.
(idm 習語) an/the ,apple of `discord (fml 文) cause of an argument or a quarrel 爭端; 禍根. the ,apple of sb's `eye person or thing that is loved more than any other 心愛的人或物; 掌上明珠: She is the apple of her father's eye. 她是父親的掌上明珠. in ,apple-pie `order very neatly arranged 井然有序.
# `applecart n (idm 習語) upset the/sb's applecart => upset.
`applejack n [U] (US) strong alcoholic drink distilled from fermented cider 蘋果白蘭地（由發酵的蘋果汁蒸餾而成的烈性酒）.