英语词汇“chestnut”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	chestnut
释义	Trends of chestnut View usage for: chestnut (tʃesnʌt) Word forms: plural chestnuts 1. countable noun A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. Chestnut is the wood of this tree. 2. See also horse chestnut 3. countable noun Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts. 4. colour Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour. ...a woman with chestnut hair. ...a chestnut mare. 5. See old chestnut/hoary chestnut chestnut in British English (ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt) noun 1. any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa (sweet or Spanish chestnut), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut 2. the edible nut of any of these trees 3. the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc 4. a. a reddish-brown to brown colour b. (as adjective) chestnut hair 5. a horse of a yellow-brown or golden-brown colour 6. a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg 7. informal an old or stale joke Word origin C16: from earlier chesten nut: chesten, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea chestnut in American English (ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt; ˈtʃɛstˌnʌt) noun 1. the smooth-shelled, sweet, edible nut of any of a genus (Castanea) of trees of the beech family 2. the tree that it grows on 3. the wood of this tree 4. horse chestnut 5. reddish brown 6. a reddish-brown horse 7. the hard callus on the inner side of a horse's leg 8. US, Informal a. an old, stale joke or phrase; cliché b. a very familiar story, piece of music, etc. that is too often repeated adjective 9. reddish-brown Idioms: pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire Word origin < chesten-nut < ME chesteine < OFr chastaigne < L castanea < Gr kastaneia More idioms containing chestnut an old chestnut Image of chestnut © Mathias Rosenthal, shutterstock Examples of 'chestnut' in a sentence chestnut Why are horse chestnut leaves looking so brown this year? The Sun (2016) Mixed weather and a horse chestnut tree virus were blamed. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She has picked hazel, horse chestnut and oak. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That rotten old chestnut: it seems to come earlier and earlier each year. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A tree that quickly produces a dense carpet of leaves beneath it is the sweet chestnut. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Many horse chestnut trees are withered from top to toe, but this is not due to seasonal change. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If you want to have a go at growing your own oak and chestnut trees, collect good, big acorns and conkers now. The Sun (2016) The horse chestnut at the back of our flat has reached a decent age. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The mixture will become a deep chestnut brown. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It were a chestnut mare the man rode. Tracy Chevalier Burning Bright (2007) The cap is a chestnut brown colour with a cream margin. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The chestnut blight fungus and a bacterial disease menace chestnut and oak. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The first horse chestnut trees are in full flower. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Have you not heard of the old chestnut about the eyes being the windows to the soul? Times, Sunday Times (2006) It was here my chestnut mare was killed. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is a pleasant walk downwards underneath the sweet chestnut trees. Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004) The conkers are growing fat in their green shells on the horse chestnut trees. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Today her hair is chestnut brown. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The old chestnut'How many people does it take to change a light bulb? Times, Sunday Times (2007) Across the south and Midlands our chestnuts are turning brown and crumbling to dust. The Sun (2008) On sweet chestnut trees, the flowers are just appearing. Times, Sunday Times (2009) I saw fishermen on the banks retreating to the safety of chestnut woods. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Is there a horse chestnut tree that does not produce conkers? The Sun (2010) Within the coat colour there are variations, so a chestnut could be a light, dark or liver chestnut. Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989) When the young birds finally emerge they resemble their parents, but their back is a duller blue, and they lack the chestnut colour on their flanks. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Word lists with chestnut Horse colours, nut, tree, wood In other languages chestnut British English: chestnut /ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt/ NOUN tree A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. American English: chestnut Arabic: كَسْتَناء Brazilian Portuguese: castanha Chinese: 栗子 Croatian: kesten Czech: kaštan jedlý Danish: kastanje Dutch: kastanje vrucht European Spanish: castaño Finnish: kastanja French: marronnier German: Kastanie Greek: κάστανο Italian: castagno Japanese: クリ Korean: 밤 Norwegian: kastanje Polish: kasztan European Portuguese: castanha Romanian: castan Russian: каштан Latin American Spanish: castaña fruto Swedish: kastanj Thai: ลูกเกาลัด Turkish: kestane Ukrainian: каштан Vietnamese: hạt dẻ British English: chestnut NOUN nut Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. American English: chestnut Brazilian Portuguese: castanha Chinese: 栗子树 European Spanish: castaña French: châtaigne German: Kastanie Italian: castagna Japanese: クリの木 Korean: 밤나무 European Portuguese: castanha Latin American Spanish: castaña British English: chestnut ADJECTIVE Something that is chestnut is dark reddish brown in color. ...chestnut hair. American English: chestnut Brazilian Portuguese: castanho Chinese: 栗色的 European Spanish: (color) castaño French: châtain German: kastanienbraun Italian: castano Japanese: クリ色の Korean: 밤색 European Portuguese: castanho Latin American Spanish: (color) castaño All related terms of 'chestnut' chestnut blight a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus ( Endothia parasitica ), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut dwarf chestnut the edible nut of the chinquapin tree horse chestnut A horse chestnut is a large tree which has leaves with several pointed parts and shiny reddish-brown nuts called conkers that grow in cases with points on them. sweet chestnut any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa ( sweet or Spanish chestnut ), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur water chestnut A water chestnut is the thick bottom part of the stem of a plant which grows in China . It is used in Chinese cookery. Chinese chestnut a chestnut ( Castanea mollissima ) with large, sweet nuts , often crossed with other chestnuts because of its resistance to chestnut blight Spanish chestnut Castanea sativa an old chestnut a statement, story or idea that has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting Moreton Bay chestnut an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe , having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture Chinese water chestnut a Chinese cyperaceous plant, Eleocharis tuberosa, with an edible succulent corm old chestnut/hoary chestnut If you refer to a statement, a story , or a joke as an old chestnut or a hoary chestnut , you mean that it has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting. Chinese translation of 'chestnut' chestnut (ˈtʃɛsnʌt) n (c) (= nut) 栗子 (lìzi) (颗, kē) (also chestnut tree) 栗子树(樹) (lìzi shù) (棵, kē) adj [hair] 栗色的 (lìsè de) old chestnut 老掉牙的论(論)调(調) (lǎodiàoyá de lùndiào)
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