| 单词 | tree of fruit |
| 释义 | > as lemmastree of fruit 2. The edible product of a plant or tree, consisting of the seed and its envelope, esp. the latter when it is of a juicy pulpy nature, as in the apple, orange, plum, etc. †tree of fruit = fruit tree n. at Compounds 2.As denoting an article of food, the word is popularly extended to include certain vegetable products that resemble ‘fruits’ in their qualities, e.g. the stalks of rhubarb. extracted from fruitn. a. collective in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [noun] ovesteOE fruit?c1225 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] appleeOE fruit?c1225 fruitage1610 fructuage1650 fruitages1693 fruitery1708 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 119 Figer is ancunes treo þe bereð swete frut þet me cleopeð figes. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 69 Al oþer trees of fruyte. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1044 Þe fayrest fryt þat may in folde growe, As orenge & oþer fryt. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 75 I ne apreve nouȝt almaundis ne noon oþer vaperous fruyt: as notis eiþir walnotis eiþer avellanes. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 12 Of fruyt shall ye here named Peres apples plommes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 62 The berries, whiche is the fruite, are redde. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §432 The lowness of the Bough, where the Fruit cometh, maketh the Fruit greater. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. v. 186 The Fruit, strictly so called, is, A Fleshy Uterus, which grows more moist and Pulpy, as the Seed ripens. 1706 A. Pope Let. 10 Apr. in Corr. (1956) I. 16 We take Branches from a Tree, to add to the Fruit. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 27 [Bats] devouring indiscriminately every kind of fruit. b. with a and plural, as denoting a kind of fruit. ΚΠ α. β. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 70 Planted withe treis of verdure of divers fructis.1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. B To taste, and smell..Delicious fruictis, whilks in that tyme abound.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 6 Excepte spice and Vine, and sum fructes.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 216 Ðat he sulde him ðer loken fro A fruit ðe kenned wel and wo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11667 Scho..sau a frout..Men clepes palmes in þat land. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 261 Þou schalt purge colre wiþ a decoccioun of fretis. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 667 Speke..For frutes a-fore mete to ete þem fastyngely. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 191 The treis..Chargit vith froytis [1489 Adv. frutis] on syndri vis. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B3v Our fruites and graines be apples, nuttes, and corne. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. iv. 11 Dates, Almonds, Nuts..Pomegranates and other severall fruits. 1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 540/1 The glow of ripe fruits and declining leaves mark the autumn. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 28 Fruits and cream Served in the weeping elm. 1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 886 This fruit [currants] is of a violet colour, and hangs in long loose bunches. c. An individual product of a tree. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [noun] > as individual product fruit1873 1873 C. Robinson New S. Wales 26 The Mandarin has borne 4,200 fruits in the year. d. Proverbs. ΚΠ α. β. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 165 Sindrie tymes we se That rycht gude fruct cumis of ane gude tre.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 38 Wers tre wer frouit it beris. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 Often times prowith the frwight after the stok that hit cometh off. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 114 The weakest kind of fruite drops earliest to the ground. View more context for this quotation a1639 J. Dyke Right Receiving of Christ (1640) xiii. 176 No roote no fruite. e. old (tin of) fruit: a term of familiar address. (Cf. old bean n.) slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address mon amic1425 matec1500 boy1532 old lad1594 old boy1602 captaina1616 mon cher1673 old chap1823 old man1828 ou maat1838 boysie1846 old top1856 boetie1867 bra1869 cocker1888 mon vieux1888 face1891 yessir1892 George1903 old sport1905 old bean1917 segotia1917 babe1918 bro1918 tovarish1918 old egg1919 midear1921 old (tin of) fruit1923 sport1923 mush1936 cowboy1961 coz1961 wack1963 yaar1963 John1982 1923 Daily Mail 8 Feb. 6 Was she simply bursting to address him Gaily as her ‘dear old tin of fruit’? 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 10/6 Then their politeness. No slapping a friend on the back with a ‘What cheer, old fruit?’ 1951 T. Rattigan Who is Sylvia? i. 212 You don't mind me asking, did you, old fruit? 1968 K. Bird Smash Glass Image xiii. 162 Adiós, old fruit. Hasta luego. Go and jump in the nearest lake. < as lemmas |
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