apple
apple
ap∙ple / ˈæpl ; ˈæpəl /
◙noun
1. [C,U] a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside
• 苹果:
»apple pie
苹果馅饼
»an apple tree
苹果树
»roast pork and apple sauce (=a thick sauce made from cooked apples)
烤猪肉配苹果沙司
--› see COOKING APPLE , EATING APPLE
--› see picture at FRUIT ¹
2. be the apple of sb's eye, to be loved very much by someone
• 是某人的心肝宝贝，是某人的掌上明珠:
»Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.
本一直是他父亲的心肝宝贝。
3. bob / dunk / dip for apples, to play a game in which you must use your teeth to pick up apples floating in water
• 咬苹果〔指用牙齿叼起浮在水上的苹果的一种游戏〕
4. be as American as apple pie, used to describe something that is typically American
• 是地道美国的
5. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, [AmE] used to say that children are usually similar to their parents, especially in a bad way
• 有其父必有其子
--› see upset the apple cart at UPSET ² (5)
--› see a rotten apple at ROTTEN ¹ (7)
--› see ADAM'S APPLE , BIG APPLE
