单词 | golden apple |
释义 | golden applen. 1. a. Any of several yellow or orange fruits; spec. the quince and the orange.Chiefly with reference to the fruit stolen from the garden of the Hesperides as one of the twelve labours of Hercules, or to that contended for by the goddesses Hera, Athene, and Aphrodite (see apple of discord n. at apple n. Phrases 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > quince quincea1325 coync1350 golden applea1387 coventrec1450 cydon1643 Portugal quince1653 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange golden applea1387 orangea1400 orange apple1561 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 359 Rekeneþ þe grete dedes þat Hercules dede. Of þe whiche dedes..Þe ferþe þe takynge of goldene apples [L. pomorum aureorum] out of þe orcheȝerd of þe seuene douȝters of Atlas þe geant. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 103 He [sc. Hercules] golden Apples rafte of the dragoun. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 592 (MED) Þe goldene applys he bare fro þe dragoun; Þe fyry cat he slouȝ..And of Archadye, þe cruel tuschy boor. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 280 And golden apples whiche þe dragoun kept He gat while þat þe cruell dragoun slept. ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi iii. sig. D Lyke as the serpent Hesperius watcheth the golden appulles [L. malis aureis]. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Hesperidum horti The gardeynes, where-in were the golden appulies, nowe callyd Orenges. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f.59v Manye thinke that this [sc. Quince] is that fruit which the Poets call golden Apple. 1674 J. Blagrave Suppl. to Culpeppers Eng. Physitian 149 Of Oranges, we shall describe five kinds or sorts. These Apples were called by the Ancients Mala aurea Hesperidum, the golden apples of Hesperides. 1721 R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husbandry & Gardening II. 148 Some suppose the Apricot to be the..Chrysomala, i.e. Mala Aurea or Golden Apple. 1777 F. Carter Journey from Gibralter to Malaga II. iii. 8 Numberless bunches of red, black, and green grapes,..frequently intermixed with the golden apple, the pomegranate, and the orange. 1820 H. Phillips Pomarium Britannicum 324 The learned Goropius maintains that quinces were the golden apples of the Hesperides, and not oranges. 1887 Planters' Monthly Jan. 30 The orange..(or as it was called by the ancients, the ‘Golden Apple’,) is probably the oldest known fruit in existence. 1937 S. A. Clark Golden Tapestry Calif. xiii. 113 That garden of the Hesperides where the golden apples of California are most numerously grown..is tamely called the orange belt. 1969 M. Glicksman Gum Technol. Food Industry v. 155 Quince seed is also known as semen cydonia, golden apple seed, cydonium seed, or gum quince seed. 2005 Financial Times 26 Nov. (Weekend section) 13/1 The ‘golden apple’ (almost certainly a quince) Paris presented to Aphrodite. b. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to a cause of strife, source of competition, or object of desire. See note at sense 1 and also apple of discord n. at apple n. Phrases 3b. ΚΠ 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xiii. 185 Bryng louyng brethren, or friendly friendes togeather,..and shortly after let discorde cast among them, I say not an whole, but a peece of a golden Apple: for with these weapons she was woont to trye the quarrell. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Disc. Liberty of Prophesying xii. 185 in Treat. (1648) A Bishopric would satisfy the two designs of Covetousness and Ambition, and this hath been the golden apple very often contended for. ?1720 Entertainer 43 The Church is the Golden Apple which sets them all together by the Ears. 1836 G. W. M. Reynolds Parricide I. 65 These apprehensions..were the golden apple which Discord had cast into the midst of the festivity of my heart. 1885 R. E. Cleveland G. Eliot's Poetry 9 Choose..any Paris to arbitrate between ‘Aurora Leigh’ and ‘The Spanish Gypsy’, and which will win the golden apple? 1957 Times 22 July 6/6 The young women [sc. beauty contestants] parade, smiling and mincing in their search for the golden apple. 2002 Economist 13 Apr. 46/2 There is a worm in the golden apple of power and money for which all are reaching. 2. A tomato. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > tomato golden apple1578 love apple1578 tomato1604 wolf's peach1760 tommytoe1838 cherry tomato1859 Jew's ear1883 mato1895 Marmande1967 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxxvi. 439 Of Amorus Apples or Golden Apples [Fr. Des Pommes d'amours]. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 380 We call them in English, Apples of Loue, Loue-Apples, Golden Apples, or Amorous Apples, and all as much to one purpose as another, more then for their beautifull aspect. 1820 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 3 343 They were also called Poma amoris, Poma aurea, Mala aurea, Love Apples, Amorous Apples, and Golden Apples. 1875 W. Earley High-class Kitchen Gardening 187 The original names of it were ‘Apple of Love’, Pomum Aureum, or ‘Golden Apples’ (in reference to the yellow-fruited varieties). 2018 W. Wakil et al. Sustainable Managem. Arthropod Pests Tomato i. 3 The first cultivated tomatoes were yellow and cherry-sized and hence this fruit was named golden apples. 3. The edible fruit of the Indo-Malaysian tree Spondias dulcis (family Anacardiaceae), a golden-yellow drupe with crunchy acidic flesh. Also: the tree producing this fruit, which is cultivated in tropical regions.Also called Otaheite apple. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > other types of stone-fruit golden apple1787 palmyra-nut1854 1787 T. Bankes et al. New, Royal, & Authentic Syst. Universal Geogr. i. vii. 47/2 Shady trees..bearing what they call golden apples, which resemble, in flavour and juciness, the anana, or pine. 1830 J. D. Maycock Flora Barbadensis 429 Golden Apple. Spondias dulcis. 1853 Chamber's Edinb. Jrnl. 22 Jan. 58/1 The golden-apple is of the size of an egg; it has a large stone in the centre. 1915 Agric. News (Barbados) 30 Jan. 36/1 He has not..attempted the budding of the golden apple on to another species of the same genus. 1993 Vincentian 23 Dec. 4/2 Use more local fruits..in cakes and jams and jellies. e.g. candied pawpaw, plumrose and golden apple. 2010 Tablelands Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 July 14 Hog plum (Spondias dulcis), or golden apple,..is quite hardy with fruit beginning to appear after only three years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387 |
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