| 单词 | persian fruit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPersian fruit Persian fruit n. †(a) opium (obsolete rare); (b) a peach (chiefly in translations of classical Latin persica). ΚΠ 1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 55 in Parl. Vertues Royal That soft Persian fruit (so deer) Banefull at home, & little better heer. 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 9 90 The..peach, durazno, known to the Romans as the Persicus or Persian fruit. 1908 ‘O. Henry’ Voice of City (1917) 43 In her moated flat the bride confidently awaited her Persian fruit. 1939 B. Creighton tr. B. Frank Golden Beetle in W. S. Maugham Tellers of Tales 1093 At school one day he had been taught the meaning of the word peach. It meant Persian fruit. < as lemmas |
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