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  • [fruːt]

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  • Conjugation : pl  fruit {or} fruits
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

fruit [fruːt]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] 水果
  2. 2. noun [fig] (results) 成果
    to bear fruit
    [fig] 取得成果

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

fruit [fruːt]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] [Botany] 果实
  2. 2. n.[c] 产物产量收成
  3. 3. n.[c] 成果收益回报
    He lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies.
    他活了足够长的时间从而享受到了购买保险好处
  4. 4. n.[c/u] 水果,果物
  5. 5. vt. 使结果实
  6. 6. vi. 结果,长果实
    The trees fruited early this year.
    今年树木很早就挂果了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

fruit [fruːt]
  1. 1. n [Botany] the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. It may be dry, as in the poppy, or fleshy, as in the peach
  2. 2. n any fleshy part of a plant, other than the above structure, that supports the seeds and is edible, such as the strawberry
  3. 3. n the specialized spore-producing structure of plants that do not bear seeds
  4. 4. n any plant product useful to man, including grain, vegetables, etc
  5. 5. n [often plural] the result or consequence of an action or effort
  6. 6. n [Brit] [old-fashioned] [Slang] chap; fellow: used as a term of address
  7. 7. n [Slang] [chiefly Brit] a person considered to be eccentric or insane
  8. 8. n [Slang] [chiefly US and Canadian] a male homosexual
  9. 9. n [Archaic] offspring of man or animals; progeny
  10. 10. vb to bear or cause to bear fruit
  11. 11. vb [Etymology] C12: from Old French, from Latin fructus enjoyment, profit, fruit, from frui to enjoy

Examples

to extract juice from fruit
榨果汁
fruit, like pears and peaches, for dessert
有梨和桃等水果作为餐后甜食
racy fruit
新鲜水果
What a pity, all the fruit has gone bad.
真可惜,所有的水果都坏了。
I ate some fruit followed by a tuna sandwich.
我吃完水果又吃了个金枪鱼三明治。

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