apple
noun /ˈæpl/
/ˈæpl/
Idioms - enlarge imagea round fruit with shiny red or green skin that is fairly hard and white inside
苹果 - Peel and core the apples.
将这些苹果削皮、去核儿。 - an apple pie
苹果馅饼 - apple sauce/juice
苹果酱/果汁 - a garden with three apple trees
有三棵苹果树的花园 - I took a bite of the apple.
我咬了一口苹果。
Topics Fooda1- Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a little tart.
往炖的苹果里加点儿糖 － 它还是有点儿酸。 - He just sat there munching on an apple.
他只是坐在那儿，使劲地嚼着苹果。 - The apples were all bruised after being dropped on the floor.
苹果掉到地上后都碰伤了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sweet
- sharp
- sour
- …
- bite into
- eat
- munch
- …
- crisp
- crumble
- pie
- …
词源Old English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel. - Peel and core the apples.
Idioms
the apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the tree
- (saying, especially North American English) a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)
有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女；上行下效
the apple of somebody’s eye
- a person or thing that is loved more than any other
心肝宝贝；掌上明珠 - She is the apple of her father's eye.
她是父亲的掌上明珠。
- She is the apple of her father's eye.
apples and oranges
- (especially North American English) used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other
苹果橘子两码事；截然不同 - They really are apples and oranges.
他们确实是迥然不同。 - They are both great but you can't compare apples and oranges.
他们俩都很棒，但是截然不同，无法比较。 - It’s a totally different situation, it’s apples and oranges.
这是完全不同的情况，苹果和橘子。
- They really are apples and oranges.
as American as apple pie
- used to say that something is typical of America
典型美国式的；地道美国式的
a bad/rotten apple
- one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group
带来恶劣影响的人；害群之马