英汉词典

apple 基本解释

• n. 苹果，苹果树，苹果似的东西；[美俚]炸弹，手榴弹，（棒球的）球；[美俚]人，家伙。

apple 词态变化

apple 中文词源

来自PIE *abel, 水果，后特指苹果。

apple 英文词源

apple

apple: [OE] Words related to apple are found all over Europe; not just in Germanic languages (German apfel, Dutch appel, Swedish äpple), but also in Balto-Slavonic (Lithuanian óbuolas, Polish jabtko), and Celtic (Irish ubhall, Welsh afal) languages. The Old English version was æppel, which developed to modern English apple.

Apparently from earliest times the word was applied not just to the fruit we now know as the apple, but to any fruit in general. For example, John de Trevisa, in his translation of De proprietatibus rerum 1398 wrote ‘All manner apples that is, “fruit” that are enclosed in a hard skin, rind, or shell, are called Nuces nuts’. The term earth-apple has been applied to several vegetables, including the cucumber and the potato (compare French pomme de terre), and pineapple (which originally meant ‘pine cone’, with particular reference to the edible pine nuts) was applied to the tropical fruit in the 17th century, because of its supposed resemblance to a pine cone.

apple (n.)

Old English æppel "apple; any kind of fruit; fruit in general," from Proto-Germanic *ap(a)laz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch appel, Old Norse eple, Old High German apful, German Apfel), from PIE *ab(e)l "apple" (cognates: Gaulish avallo "fruit;" Old Irish ubull, Lithuanian obuolys, Old Church Slavonic jabloko "apple"), but the exact relation and original sense of these is uncertain (compare melon).

A roted eppel amang þe holen, makeþ rotie þe yzounde. ["Ayenbite of Inwit," 1340]

In Middle English and as late as 17c., it was a generic term for all fruit other than berries but including nuts (such as Old English fingeræppla "dates," literally "finger-apples;" Middle English appel of paradis "banana," c. 1400). Hence its grafting onto the unnamed "fruit of the forbidden tree" in Genesis. Cucumbers, in one Old English work, are eorþæppla, literally "earth-apples" (compare French pomme de terre "potato," literally "earth-apple;" see also melon). French pomme is from Latin pomum "apple; fruit" (see Pomona).

As far as the forbidden fruit is concerned, again, the Quran does not mention it explicitly, but according to traditional commentaries it was not an apple, as believed by Christians and Jews, but wheat. ["The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity," Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 2002]

Apple of Discord (c. 1400) was thrown into the wedding of Thetis and Peleus by Eris (goddess of chaos and discord), who had not been invited, and inscribed kallisti "To the Prettiest One." Paris, elected to choose which goddess should have it, gave it to Aphrodite, offending Hera and Athene, with consequences of the Trojan War, etc.

Apple of one's eye (Old English), symbol of what is most cherished, was the pupil, supposed to be a globular solid body. Apple-polisher "one who curries favor" first attested 1928 in student slang. The image of something that upsets the apple cart is attested from 1788. Road apple "horse dropping" is from 1942.

apple 词组搭配

apple 英文释义

1. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

2. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

apple 双语例句

1. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?

若IBM公司和苹果公司联手将会有什么效果呢？

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2. He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie to follow.

他决定点烤鸡配蔬菜，然后再要一份苹果派。

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3. Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.

丹尼尔倚在沙发上，嘴里还在嚼着苹果。

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4. Stew the apple and blackberries to make a thick pulp.

将苹果和黑莓炖成稠浆。

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5. The main attractions of the Big Apple are well documented.

对纽约的主要旅游胜地有详细的记载。

来自柯林斯例句

apple 实用场景例句

apple sauce

苹果沙司

牛津词典

a garden with three apple trees

有3棵苹果树的花园

牛津词典

They really are apples and oranges.

他们确实是迥然不同。

牛津词典

an apple pie

苹果馅饼

牛津词典

I want an apple.

我想要一个苹果。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...2kg cooking apples.

两公斤烹调用的苹果

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.

彭妮的独子是她的心肝宝贝。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The apple blossom is beginning to drop.

苹果树上的花开始落了.

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The apple tree leaned to the field, dropping its flowers on the grass.

那棵苹果树的树枝朝田里伸去, 花落在了草上.

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His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye.

他的小女儿是他的掌上明珠.

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These fruit knives are very good for stripping apple skins off.

这种水果刀削苹果皮很好用.

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The apple blossom is out.

苹果花开了.

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They served apple pudding for dessert.

他们端上了苹果布丁作为甜食.

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Apple costs five dollars a kilogram.

苹果每千克5美元.

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He ate an apple whole.

他把整个苹果一口吃下.

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The apple made a bulge in his pocket.

苹果把他口袋塞得鼓了起来.

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When I bit into the apple, and finding it wormy, I flung it away.

我咬了一口苹果, 发现有虫子, 就把它扔掉了.

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Some of the new planted apple orchards have also begun to bear.

有些新开的苹果园也开始结苹果了.

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The boy grabbed the apple and ran off ( with it ).

那孩子抢了那个苹果就跑了.

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He aimed at the apple and orange.

他想要苹果和橘子.

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I threw the apple to him and he caught it.

我把苹果扔给他,他接着了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It is gravitation that causes the apple to fall.

是地心吸引力使苹果下落.

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Can you reach that apple down in the tree?

你能把树上那个苹果摘下来 吗 ?

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I don't like a tart apple.

我不喜欢吃酸苹果.

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This apple is very nice.

这个苹果很好吃.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.

苹果花使空气充满香味.

《现代汉英综合大词典》