| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•mond /ˈɑmənd, ˈæmənd/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] the nutlike kernel of the fruit of a tree of the rose family.
- Plant Biology[countable] the tree itself.
- [uncountable] a pale tan color.
adj. [only before a noun] - of the color, taste, or shape of an almond.
- made or flavored with almonds.
al•mond•like, al•mond•y, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•mond (ä′mənd, am′ənd; spelling pron. al′mənd),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond,) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
- a delicate, pale tan.
- anything shaped like an almond, esp. an ornament.
adj. - of the color, taste, or shape of an almond.
- made or flavored with almonds:almond cookies.
- Latin
- Greek amygdálē; replacing Old English amigdal
- Late Latin amandula, with assimilative replacement of the unfamiliar cluster and adaptation to a known suffix, representing Latin amygdala
- Old French (dialect, dialectal) alemande, probably by transposition of -la
- Middle English almande 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: almond /ˈɑːmənd/ n - a small widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Prunus amygdalus, that is native to W Asia and has pink flowers and a green fruit containing an edible nutlike seed
- the oval-shaped nutlike edible seed of this plant, which has a yellowish-brown shell
- (modifier) made of or containing almonds: almond cake
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French almande, from Medieval Latin amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Greek amugdalē |