| 单词 | fruit |
| 释义 | fruit n. & v. --n 1. a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. b (in sing.) these in quantity (eats fruit). 2. the seed of a plant or tree with its covering, e.g. an acorn, pea pod, cherry, etc. 3. (usu. in pl.) vegetables, grains, etc. used for food (fruits of the earth). 4. (usu. in pl.) the result of action etc., esp. as financial reward (fruits of his labours). 5. sl. esp. US a male homosexual. 6. Bibl. an offspring (the fruit of the womb; the fruit of his loins). --vintr. & tr. bear or cause to bear fruit. Phrases and idioms fruit bar a piece of dried and pressed fruit. fruit-bat any large bat of the suborder Megachiroptera, feeding on fruit. fruit- (or fruiting-) body (pl. -ies) the spore-bearing part of a fungus. fruit cake 1. a cake containing dried fruit. 2. sl. an eccentric or mad person. fruit cocktail a finely-chopped usu. tinned fruit salad. fruit fly (pl. flies) any of various flies, esp. of the genus Drosophila, having larvae that feed on fruit. fruit machine Brit. a coin-operated gaming machine giving random combinations of symbols often representing fruit. fruit salad 1. various fruits cut up and served in syrup, juice, etc. 2. sl. a display of medals etc. fruit sugar fructose. fruit-tree a tree grown for its fruit. fruit-wood the wood of a fruit-tree, esp. when used in furniture. Derivatives fruitage n. fruited adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME f. OF f. L fructus fruit, enjoyment f. frui enjoy |
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