| 单词 | apple of the eye |
| 释义 | apple /apˈl/noun
ORIGIN: OE æppel, cf Ger Apfel; ON epli; Ir ubhall; Welsh afal appˈle-blight noun American blight, a woolly substance produced by an aphid that infests apple trees appˈle-blossom noun apple butter noun A kind of spread made from stewed apples, sugar and spices appˈle-cart noun apple-cheekedˈ adjective Having full red cheeks appˈle-jack noun (US) Apple brandy, distilled from fermented apple juice appˈle-John noun (Shakespeare, etc) A variety of apple considered to be in perfection when shrivelled and withered (also John-appˈle) appˈle-knocker noun (N Am inf)
apple of discord noun Any cause of envy and contention, after the golden apple (in Greek mythology) inscribed ‘for the fairest’, thrown among the gods by Eris, goddess of discord, and claimed by Aphrodite, Pallas and Hera apple of Sodom or Dead Sea apple noun
apple of the eye noun
apple-pieˈ noun A pie made with apples and usu a pastry crust adjective Expressing, containing, or typical of, traditionally-upheld and revered American values apple-pie bed noun A bed prepared as a practical joke, eg with sheets doubled up, so as to be impossible or painful to get into apple-pie order noun Perfect order apple polisher noun (N Am inf) A sycophant apple sauce noun A sauce of stewed apples served esp with roast pork appˈle-squire noun (obsolete)
apple strudel /strooˈdl/ noun A sweet pastry containing apples, spices, etc appˈle-wife or appˈle-woman noun (archaic) A woman who sells apples at a stall apples and pears (rhyming sl; often shortened to apples) Stairs bad (or rotten) apple A person likely to have a negative influence on others in a group she's apples (Aust inf) Everything is just fine, in good order the Big Apple (also the Apple) see under big1 upset the apple-cart To throw plans into confusion |
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