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

fig1

/fɪɡ

noun

1A soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds, eaten fresh or dried.Large, very sweet figs are best used fresh....

The bread gets crispy in the oven, and the ingredient combo is simple and beautiful: sweet figs, soft mozzarella, fragrant basil and tasty pesto.
Where available raccoons may also eat peaches, plums, figs, citrus fruits, watermelons, beech nuts, and walnuts.

2 (also fig tree) The deciduous Old World tree or shrub which bears figs.

Ficus carica, family Moraceae.

I sit between a fig tree, two hazel nut trees and a grape vine....

The famous Treetops hotel started life in a humble way in 1932, when its first visitors gingerly climbed the wild fig tree supporting the two-room tree house.
The tender bark of a bare-root fig tree is susceptible to sunscald.

2.1Used in names of other plants of the genus Ficus, e.g. strangling fig, weeping fig.Its dramatic Skywalk reaches above the canopy of palms, strangler figs and thick woody vines to command a breathtaking 40-mile view to the ocean....

A good example is the Bourbong Street weeping figs, originally planted in the centre of the street in 1888, with additional plantings in the 1920s.
I was also interested in the way hotels employ people on the condition that they remain invisible, no more likely to engage in dialogue with a paying guest than a weeping fig plant.

Phrases

not give (or care) a fig

Origin

Middle English: from Old French figue, from Provençal fig(u)a, based on Latin ficus.

Rhymes

fig2

/fɪɡ

informal

noun (in phrase full fig)

Smart clothes, especially those appropriate to a particular occasion or profession: a soldier walking up the street in full fig...

Togged out full fig - pill-box cap, dress tunic and swagger-stick - he awaited her at the barrack gates in vain.
Admittedly, there's a minefield of kitsch to cross before you can be certain of conjuring up absolutely no visual resemblance to Widow Twankee, Liberace or Lesley Joseph in full fig - but the time has come to quell those fears.
I'm not a great fan of stuffed moose and mediaeval knights in full fig, but Kelvingrove's got the lot.

verb (figs, figging, figged) [with object] archaic

Dress up (someone) to look smart: he was figged out as fine as fivepence, with white trousers and rings and chains

Origin

Late 17th century (as a verb): variant of obsolete feague 'liven up' (earlier 'whip'); perhaps related to German fegen 'sweep, thrash'; compare with fake¹. An early sense of the verb was 'fill the head with nonsense'; later (early 19th century) 'cause (a horse) to be lively and carry its tail well (by applying ginger to its anus)'; hence 'smarten up'.

单词	fig
释义	fig1 /fɪɡ / noun 1A soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds, eaten fresh or dried.Large, very sweet figs are best used fresh.... The bread gets crispy in the oven, and the ingredient combo is simple and beautiful: sweet figs, soft mozzarella, fragrant basil and tasty pesto. Where available raccoons may also eat peaches, plums, figs, citrus fruits, watermelons, beech nuts, and walnuts. 2 (also fig tree) The deciduous Old World tree or shrub which bears figs. Ficus carica, family Moraceae. I sit between a fig tree, two hazel nut trees and a grape vine.... The famous Treetops hotel started life in a humble way in 1932, when its first visitors gingerly climbed the wild fig tree supporting the two-room tree house. The tender bark of a bare-root fig tree is susceptible to sunscald. 2.1Used in names of other plants of the genus Ficus, e.g. strangling fig, weeping fig.Its dramatic Skywalk reaches above the canopy of palms, strangler figs and thick woody vines to command a breathtaking 40-mile view to the ocean.... A good example is the Bourbong Street weeping figs, originally planted in the centre of the street in 1888, with additional plantings in the 1920s. I was also interested in the way hotels employ people on the condition that they remain invisible, no more likely to engage in dialogue with a paying guest than a weeping fig plant. Phrases not give (or care) a fig Origin Middle English: from Old French figue, from Provençal fig(u)a, based on Latin ficus. Rhymes big, brig, dig, gig, grig, jig, lig, pig, prig, rig, snig, sprig, swig, tig, trig, twig, Whig, wig fig2 /fɪɡ / informal noun (in phrase full fig) Smart clothes, especially those appropriate to a particular occasion or profession: a soldier walking up the street in full fig... Togged out full fig - pill-box cap, dress tunic and swagger-stick - he awaited her at the barrack gates in vain. Admittedly, there's a minefield of kitsch to cross before you can be certain of conjuring up absolutely no visual resemblance to Widow Twankee, Liberace or Lesley Joseph in full fig - but the time has come to quell those fears. I'm not a great fan of stuffed moose and mediaeval knights in full fig, but Kelvingrove's got the lot. verb (figs, figging, figged) [with object] archaic Dress up (someone) to look smart: he was figged out* as fine as fivepence, with white trousers and rings and chains* Origin Late 17th century (as a verb): variant of obsolete feague 'liven up' (earlier 'whip'); perhaps related to German fegen 'sweep, thrash'; compare with fake¹. An early sense of the verb was 'fill the head with nonsense'; later (early 19th century) 'cause (a horse) to be lively and carry its tail well (by applying ginger to its anus)'; hence 'smarten up'.
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