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- apple [ 'æpl] [ 'æpl]
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noun
苹果
- Do you want some fruits? I have apples, bananas, pears and oranges.
- 想吃点儿水果吗？ 我有苹果、香蕉、梨和橘子。
- I know that you are dieting but you should eat at least an apple.
- 我知道你在节食，可你至少得吃个苹果啊。
- During the week I drink anything but apple juice. I drink beer only on the weekend.
- 我平时不喝苹果汁，只在周末时喝啤酒。
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noun
苹果属（Malus）苹果树;结形似苹果的果实的树（如盾叶鬼臼、番茄、蕃茄枝等）
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3.
noun
形似苹果的果实
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4.
noun
[American English]
[slang]
棒球
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5.
noun
[derogatory]
自认为白种人的美洲印第安人；举止上更像是欧洲人的美国印第安人；“红皮白心”（像苹果一样，外表皮肤是红色的，而里面则是白色的；这些人有红色的皮肤，而思想则和欧洲的白种人一样；同类词汇 oreo，banana；含攻击性；慎用）
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1.
noun
苹果
Collins English-English Dictionary
- apple ['æpəl]
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n
a rosaceous tree, Malus sieversii, native to Central Asia but widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties, having pink or white fragrant flowers and firm rounded edible fruits
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See also crab apple
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n
the fruit of this tree, having red, yellow, or green skin and crisp whitish flesh
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n
the wood of this tree
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5.
n
any of several unrelated trees that have fruits similar to the apple, such as the custard apple, sugar apple, and May apple - See also love apple oak apple thorn apple
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See also apples
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n
[Etymology]
Old English æppel; related to Old Saxon appel, Old Norse apall, Old High German apful
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n
a rosaceous tree, Malus sieversii, native to Central Asia but widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties, having pink or white fragrant flowers and firm rounded edible fruits
Examples
- to bake an apple pie
- 焙一个苹果馅烤饼 → an
- pick an apple from the tree
- 从树上摘一个苹果 → an
- a bad apple
- 烂苹果 → bad
- apple butter
- 苹果泥 → butter
- English apple and German apfel are cognate words.
- 英语的 apple 和德语的 apfel 是同源词(或同根词)。 → cognate
- I really like apples, my favorite is the green apple.
- 我非常喜欢苹果，最喜欢的是青苹果。
- I know that you are dieting but you should eat at least an apple.
- 我知道你在节食，可你至少得吃个苹果啊。 → apple
- During the week I drink anything but apple juice. I drink beer only on the weekend.
- 我平时不喝苹果汁，只在周末时喝啤酒。 → apple
- What I miss the most? My mom's apple pie.
- 我最怀念什么？妈妈做的苹果派。
- I want to plant four or five apple trees but I haven't decided yet.
- 我想种四五棵苹果树，但还没最后定呢。
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