| 单词 | apricot |
| 释义 | apricot[ ap-ri-kot, ey-pri- ] / ˈæp rɪˌkɒt, ˈeɪ prɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR apricot ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca. the tree itself. a pinkish yellow or yellowish pink. Also called wild apricot. Chiefly South Midland U.S. the maypop vine and its fruit; passionfruit. Origin of apricot1545–55; <Middle French abricot<Portuguese albricoque or Spanish albar(i)coque<Arabic al the + barqūq<Medieval Greek <Late Latin praecocquum, for Latin (persicum) praecox literally, early-ripening peach, perhaps referring to the apricot (see peach1, precocious); replacing earlier abrecock<Portuguese or Spanish; later p for Middle French b perhaps <Latin praecox Words nearby apricotaprès, après moi le déluge, Apresoline, après-ski, pretty penny, a, apricot, April, April fool, April Fools' Day, April showers bring May flowers, a priori Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for apricotBritish Dictionary definitions for apricotapricot / (ˈeɪprɪˌkɒt) / nouna rosaceous tree, Prunus armeniaca, native to Africa and W Asia, but widely cultivated for its edible fruit the downy yellow juicy edible fruit of this tree, which resembles a small peach Word Origin for apricotC16: earlier apricock, from Portuguese (albricoque) or Spanish, from Arabic al-birqūq the apricot, from Late Greek praikokion, from Latin praecox early-ripening; see precocious Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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