英语词汇“fresh”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	fresh
释义	fresh I. \ˈfresh\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English fresh, fersh, from Old English & Old French; Old English fersc fresh, not salt, unsalted; akin to Old Frisian fersk fresh, Middle Dutch versch, Old High German frisc fresh, and perhaps to Russian presnyĭ fresh, sweet, unleavened; Old French freis fresh (feminine fresche), of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German frisc fresh 1. a. : not containing or composed of salt water : not salt < sediment … is carried out to sea much farther than if the ocean were fresh — G.E. & Nettie MacGinitie > < fresh water > b. (1) : having or conveying no taint : pure, invigorating, lively, brisk < how sweet it was to breathe the fresh air — Bram Stoker > < a fresh dewy morning > (2) of wind : strong — see fresh breeze, fresh gale (3) chiefly Scotland : free from frost : open < our winters have been fresh of late > 2. a. : newly produced, gathered, or made : not altered by processing (as by canning, pickling in salt or vinegar, or refrigeration) < fresh vegetables > < fresh fruit > b. : having its original qualities unimpaired: as (1) : not exhausted or fatigued : full of or renewed in vigor or readiness for action : freshened, refreshed, active < next morning he was fresh and gay, all his weariness gone > < had I been as fresh as when I arose — R.L.Stevenson > specifically of land : not depleted of its fertility : recently put into cultivation < New England had its troubles … when … the greater product of fresher lands came flooding eastward — Russell Lord > (2) : not stale, sour, decayed, or deteriorated in any way < meat kept fresh by refrigeration > < fresh bread > (3) : not faded or tarnished : not dim : bright, alive < the beams and paint are as fresh as spring — Sacheverell Sitwell > < the big trucks are painted a fresh white — J.K.Howard > < his memory is still fresh in the hearts of his people > : not worn or rumpled : spruce < he always keeps his clothes fresh and tidy > < made herself fresh and recombed her hair — Agnes S. Turnbull > (4) of rock : unaltered by surface agencies (as rain, wind, or frost) (5) chiefly Scotland : not under the influence of drink : sober — used especially of someone who has just sobered up 3. a. (1) : experienced newly or anew : not known or experienced before : new < a considerable number of fresh Lincoln letters were turned up — Bernard Kalb > < I got a fresh cold in my head — Tobias Smollett > : additional, another, different < we must make a fresh start > < begin a fresh paragraph > (2) : not trite or hackneyed : original, striking, vivid, novel, vital < can anyone hope to say anything not new, but even fresh, on a topic so well worn? — H.S.Bennett > < language and metaphor that are … fresh and … singular today — H.V.Gregory > < his material is familiar; his handling of it, however, is notably fresh — M.A.Hamilton > b. : newly or recently made or received : recent < the news he brought was not very fresh > < those scratches are all fresh — Erle Stanley Gardner > < a fresh wound > < on striking fresh lion spoor the trackers follow on it — James Stevenson-Hamilton > c. : having little or no experience : inexperienced, raw, green < coming fresh to the job — Helen Howe > d. : newly or just come or arrived < the engineer, fresh out of college — Richard Joseph > < a new car fresh from the assembly line — F.L.Allen > < weekly newspaper fresh off the press — Lewis Nordyke > e. of a cow or other female mammal (1) : having the milk flow recently established (2) : having recently calved (3) : giving milk f. of a bird : newly molted : having the feathers unworn and unmarred 4. [probably by folk etymology from German frech, from Old High German freh untamed, greedy — more at freak] : disposed to take liberties : saucy, impudent, impertinent, rude < he was fresh with the nurses while on duty — Greer Williams > < his teacher reprimanded him for being fresh — Priscilla Noddin > < don't get fresh with mother > Synonyms: see new II. verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English freshen, from fresh, fersh, adjective *transitive verb* : to make fresh or spruce : freshen, refresh, renew — often used with up < back to the hotel to fresh himself up > *intransitive verb* 1. : to become fresh — often used with up < the sea was beginning to fresh up > 2. : to make oneself fresh — often used with up < going to fresh up > III. adverb Etymology: Middle English freshe, from fresh, fersh, adjective : just recently : just now : freshly < stocking his cigar case from a bundle fresh in — John Galsworthy > < we're fresh out of tomatoes > < the circus was fresh out of funds — Henry LaCossitt > < a fresh laid egg > < a fresh caught fish > < the sheepskin was fresh dried — Ernest Hemingway > IV. noun (-es) Etymology: fresh (I) 1. a. : an increased flow or rush of water : freshet, flush b. : a stream, spring, or pool of fresh water c. (1) : a stream of fresh water running into salt water : the mingling of fresh and salt waters (2) : the part of a river or its shores above the flow of tidal seawater 2. chiefly Scotland : a period of open weather ending a frost : thaw 3. : the early or beginning part of a duration (as a day, a year, or a lifetime)
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