| 单词 | jackfruit tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjackfruit tree General attributive, esp. in jackfruit tree. ΚΠ 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus Explan. Pl. ii. p. ii Indian Jack Fruit Tree, (artocarpus integrifolia), ord. Monandria. Arboreous; nat. East Indies; thrives well in Jamaica. 1884 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1882–4 64/1 Collection of shell-fish, meat, jack-fruit seeds, iron, flint, or anything in a heap. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 9/2 The ‘pindas’ offered to their deceased ancestors were placed on plantain or ‘jack fruit’ leaves. 1920 Outward Bound Oct. 44/1 The shameless stranger..issued from the saffron sunset, somewhere behind the spiky line of the mission jack fruit trees. 1997 A. Roy God of Small Things (1998) vi. 145 Ambassador Rahel's giggle escaped in a blue-green bubble (the colour of a jackfruit fly) and burst in the hot air. 2005 Independent 14 Feb. 17/3 These exquisite, life-sized effigies are carved from jack-fruit wood as receptacles for the spirit of the dead in remote Torajaland in Indonesia. < as lemmas |
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