| 单词 | fig |
| 释义 | fig (once / 1761 pages) 1n 2n A fig is a flowering tree that grows in warm climates. The fruit that grows on a fig is also called a fig. The fig, or fig tree, is happiest in dry, sunny climates like those in the Middle East and the Mediterranean region. The figs that grow on these trees is very sweet, with a green skin that ripens to a purple, brown, or yellowish color. An interesting quirk of the fig is that it needs a specific type of wasp for pollination in order to produce seeds. The Latin root of fig is ficus. WORD FAMILYfig: figged, figging, figs USAGE EXAMPLESOther factions call clean coal a fig leaf to keep coal, with all of its environmental baggage, in the energy mix. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Many were wreathed in strangler figs, called matapalos, or tree killers.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) There’s underfloor heating, and from a £20 candle, the smell of figs. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) 1 1n Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit Syn|Hypo|Hyper Ficus carica, common fig, common fig tree Ficus carica sylvestris, caprifig wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs fig tree any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature 2n fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried 2Hyper edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh n a diagram or picture illustrating textual material Syn|Hyper figure illustration artwork that helps make something clear or attractive FIG (once / 41183 pages) n WORD FAMILY FIG: FIGS USAGE EXAMPLESThose covering the financial industry may be burning the midnight oil, according to FIG Partners. Seattle Times(Sep 03, 2016) The FIG created the new code to help continue to push gymnastics forward. Seattle Times(Aug 10, 2016) “I think there’s a difference between college and real FIG gymnastics,” said Douglas. Seattle Times(Aug 05, 2016) n a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi Syn|Exp Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
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