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copra

/kop-ruh, koh-pruh/US // ˈkɒp rə, ˈkoʊ prə //UK // (ˈkɒprə) //

椰果,椰菜,椰子,椰子树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.

Examples

  • Under his netting the agent dreamed happily of big copra shipments and bonuses.

  • Areca-nuts and copra are also exported in some quantities, more especially from Mūar.

  • After a stay of a day here, I sailed in a small schooner which carried copra from several of the Outlying islands to Levuka.

  • When they are dried before the oil is pressed out they are known as “copra.”

  • Crimpdom eyed and tempted me, but it was always with whales or seals, and never with pearls or copra.