| 释义 |
‖ cherimoya|tʃɛrɪˈmɔɪə|
Also chiri-, -moyer.
[Anglicized form of the Peruvian (Quichua) name: cf. mod.F. chérimolier.]
1. A small tree (Anona Cherimolia), a native of Peru, with sweet-scented greenish flowers.
1736Bouguer's Voy. Peru in Pinkerton Voy. XIV. 299 The tree which produces the most delicious fruit that I am acquainted with..is called Chirimoya. 1779Mrs. Boscawen in Mrs. Delany's Lett. Ser. ii. II. 488 The fragrant Chirimoya.
2. The pulpy fruit of this tree, highly esteemed on account of its delicious flavour. It is of considerable size, irregularly heart-shaped, with a scaly exterior.
1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. I. v. vii. 284 The chirimoya is universally allowed to be the most delicious of any known fruit. 1858R. Hogg Veg. Kingd. 28 That delicious fruit of the Peruvians called Cherimoyer. 1862C. Markham Trav. Peru & India 337, He who has not tasted the chirimoya has yet to learn what fruit is. 1864Reader 23 Jan. 102 ‘Cherimoya’, corrupted in the British colonies into ‘Cherimoyer’. 1887Standard 16 Sept. 5/2 The cherimoyer, a near relation of the sweep sop, the sour sop, and the custard apple..is..sent..from Madeira. |