apple 音标拼音: ['æpəl]
n . 苹果,苹果电脑公司;人,家伙;手榴弹
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apple n 1 :
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh 2 :
native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits [
synonym : {
apple }, {
orchard apple tree }, {
Malus pumila }]
Apple \
Ap "
ple \ ([
a ^]
p "
p '
l ),
n . [
OE .
appel ,
eppel ,
AS . [
ae ]
ppel ,
[
ae ]
pl ;
akin to Fries . &
D .
appel ,
OHG ,
aphul ,
aphol ,
G .
apfel ,
Icel .
epli ,
Sw . [
aum ]
ple ,
Dan . [
ae ]
ble ,
Gael .
ubhall ,
W .
afal ,
Arm .
aval ,
Lith .
ob [*
u ]
lys ,
Russ .
iabloko ;
of unknown origin .]
1 .
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({
Pyrus malus })
cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones .
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Note :
The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind ,
from which all others have sprung .
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2 . (
bot .)
Any tree genus {
Pyrus }
which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit ;
an apple tree .
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3 .
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling ,
or supposed to resemble ,
the apple ;
as ,
apple of love ,
or love apple (
a tomato ),
balsam apple ,
egg apple ,
oak apple .
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4 .
Anything round like an apple ;
as ,
an apple of gold .
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Note :
Apple is used either adjectively or in combination ;
as ,
apple paper or apple -
paper ,
apple -
shaped ,
apple blossom ,
apple dumpling ,
apple pudding .
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{
Apple blight },
an aphid which injures apple trees .
See {
Blight },
n .
{
Apple borer } (
Zool .),
a coleopterous insect ({
Saperda candida }
or {
Saperda bivittata }),
the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree .
{
Apple brandy },
brandy made from apples .
{
Apple butter },
a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider .
--
Bartlett .
{
Apple corer },
an instrument for removing the cores from apples .
{
Apple fly } (
Zool .),
any dipterous insect ,
the larva of which burrows in apples .
Apple flies belong to the genera {
Drosophila }
and {
Trypeta }.
{
Apple midge } (
Zool .)
a small dipterous insect ({
Sciara mali }),
the larva of which bores in apples .
{
Apple of the eye },
the pupil .
{
Apple of discord },
a subject of contention and envy ,
so called from the mythological golden apple ,
inscribed "
For the fairest ,"
which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris ,
the goddess of discord .
It was contended for by Juno ,
Minerva ,
and Venus ,
and was adjudged to the latter .
{
Apple of love },
or {
Love apple },
the tomato ({
Lycopersicum esculentum }).
{
Apple of Peru },
a large coarse herb ({
Nicandra physaloides })
bearing pale blue flowers ,
and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry .
{
Apples of Sodom },
a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked ;
Dead Sea apples .
The name is often given to the fruit of {
Solanum Sodom [
ae ]
um },
a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato .
{
Apple sauce },
stewed apples . [
U .
S .]
{
Apple snail }
or {
Apple shell } (
Zool .),
a fresh -
water ,
operculated ,
spiral shell of the genus {
Ampullaria }.
{
Apple tart },
a tart containing apples .
{
Apple tree },
a tree which naturally bears apples .
See {
Apple ,
2 .}
{
Apple wine },
cider .
{
Apple worm } (
Zool .),
the larva of a small moth ({
Carpocapsa pomonella })
which burrows in the interior of apples .
See {
Codling moth }.
{
Dead Sea Apple }.
(
a )
pl .
Apples of Sodom .
Also Fig . "
To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics ." --
S .
B .
Griffin .
(
b )
A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia .
See {
Gallnut }.
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Apple \
Ap "
ple \ ([
a ^]
p "
p '
l ),
v .
i .
To grow like an apple ;
to bear apples . --
Holland .
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{
Apple Computer ,
Inc .}
Apple (
Heb .
tappuah ,
meaning "
fragrance ").
Probably the apricot or quince is intended by the word ,
as Palestine was too hot for the growth of apples proper .
It is enumerated among the most valuable trees of Palestine (
Joel 1 :
12 ),
and frequently referred to in Canticles ,
and noted for its beauty (
2 :
3 ,
5 ;
8 :
5 ).
There is nothing to show that it was the "
tree of the knowledge of good and evil ."
Dr .
Tristram has suggested that the apricot has better claims than any other fruit -
tree to be the apple of Scripture .
It grows to a height of 30 feet ,
has a roundish mass of glossy leaves ,
and bears an orange coloured fruit that gives out a delicious perfume .
The "
apple of the eye "
is the Heb .
_ishon_ ,
meaning manikin ,
i .
e .,
the pupil of the eye (
Prov .
7 :
2 ). (
Comp .
the promise ,
Zech .
2 :
8 ;
the prayer ,
Ps .
17 :
8 ;
and its fulfilment ,
Deut .
32 :
10 .)
The so -
called "
apple of Sodom "
some have supposed to be the Solanum sanctum (
Heb .
hedek ),
rendered "
brier " (
q .
v .)
in Micah 7 :
4 ,
a thorny plant bearing fruit like the potato -
apple .
This shrub abounds in the Jordan valley . (
See {
ENGEDI }.)
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