英语词汇“apple-john”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	apple-john
释义	ˈapple-john Also John-apple. [‘so called because it is ripe about S. John's Day.’ Britten and Holl.] A kind of apple said to keep two years, and to be in perfection when shrivelled and withered. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 5 A Dish of Apple-Iohns [see context].1623Mabbe Aleman's Guzman D'Alf. ii. 310 Her face (like an old Apple-John) all shrivelled.1708J. Phillips Cyder i. (N.) John-apple, whose wither'd rind, entrench'd By many a furrow, aptly represents Decrepid age.c1811W. Irving in Warner Life (1882) 77 Poor Jemmy—he is but a withered little apple-john.
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