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fruit

/froot/US // frut //UK // (fruːt) //

水果,水果类,水果业

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fruits, fruit.

    • : any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
    • : the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple.
    • : the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana.
    • : the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen.
    • : anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit: the fruits of one's labors.
    • : Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
  1. 1
    • : to bear or cause to bear fruit: a tree that fruits in late summer; careful pruning that sometimes fruits a tree.

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Examples

  • Sugars and starches are found in fruits, bread, potatoes and vegetables.

  • Probably the lowest hanging fruit in the search world is simply paying attention to what it is that search engines are looking for and focussing on delivering there.

  • More than half of the fruits, vegetables and nuts sold in the United States are grown here, often using pesticides.

  • Berni bred new fruit flies and built much bigger agar arenas to run much longer tracking experiments.

  • In the end, build a huge and healthy link profile around your low-hanging fruits.

  • The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.

  • Spanish oak, which has an open grain and high levels of tannin, gives you dried fruit, spice, and even chocolate flavors.

  • You may just enjoy the rich, smooth fruit of their labor that little bit more.

  • And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down.

  • It's a bright, drinkable IPA made with dry American hops giving the nose hints of mango and passion fruit.

  • Fruit-trees are clearly too scarce, though Cherries in abundance were offered for sale as we passed.

  • In the community her father was the wealthiest man, having made his fortune in the growing of potatoes and fruit.

  • The natives of Guiana use a tube or pipe not unlike a cheroot, made from the rind of the fruit of a species of palm.

  • Every detail of this canvas is perfect, because every detail is true, drawn straight from life, the fruit of minute observation.

  • A part of the square is walled off and employed as a market for fish, fruit, vegetables, and poultry.

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