单词 | fruit |
释义 | Word Frequency fruit(fruːt) noun 1. botany the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. It may be dry, as in the poppy, or fleshy, as in the peach 2. any fleshy part of a plant, other than the above structure, that supports the seedsand is edible, such as the strawberry 3. the specialized spore-producing structure of plants that do not bear seeds 4. any plant product useful to humans, including grain, vegetables, etc 5. (often plural) the result or consequence of an action or effort 6. British old-fashioned, slang chap; fellow: used as a term of address 7. slang, mainly British a person considered to be eccentric or mad 8. offensive, slang, mainly US and Canadian a homosexual man 9. archaic offspring of humans or animals; progeny verb 10. to bear or cause to bear fruit Derived forms fruitlike (ˈfruitˌlike) adjective Word origin C12: from Old French, from Latin frūctus enjoyment, profit, fruit, from frūī to enjoy |
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