| 单词 | fruit |
| 释义 | fruit —fruitlike, adj. /frooht/, n. , pl. fruits, (esp. collectively) fruit, v. n. 1. any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. 2. the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple. 3. the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana. 4. the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen. 5. anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit: the fruits of one's labors. 6. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a male homosexual. v.i. , v.t. 7. to bear or cause to bear fruit: a tree that fruits in late summer; careful pruning that sometimes fruits a tree. [1125-75; ME < OF < L fructus enjoyment, profit, fruit, equiv. to frug-, var. s. of frui to enjoy the produce of + -tus suffix of v. action] |
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