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单词 pruine
释义

prune3 /proon/

noun (formerly also pruine, proin, proine, proyn, proyne or (Shakespeare) prewyn)
  1. A dried plum
  2. A plum suitable for drying (US)
  3. A plum (obsolete)
  4. The dark purple colour of prune juice
  5. A dud pilot (RAF sl)
  6. A despised or silly person (informal)
adjective

Of the colour of prune juice

ORIGIN: Fr, from L prūna, pl of prūnum (taken for a singular noun); cf Gr prou(m)non plum

prunes and prisms

  1. Part of a formula for setting the lips into a pleasing shape, ‘serviceable in the formation of a demeanour’ (Dickens, Little Dorrit)
  2. Hence (often prisms) a somewhat prim manner of speaking, or any trivial and superficial refinement

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