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fruits

/froot/US // frut //UK // (fruːt) //

水果,果实,果品,果子

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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

  • I try to eat less processed food, like whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nothing over-processed.

  • Meanwhile younger, lighter colors evoke citrus and tree fruits, candy sugars and vanilla toffee.

  • Yet Lohse is confident that the reader will take his actions as the fruits of selfless moral courage.

  • They lived a simple life of growing fruits, vegetables, and lots of olive trees.

  • Try drinking your fruits and veggies with these healthy (and tasty) green smoothie recipes.

  • Flowers, fruits, and insects were her favorite subjects, and were painted with rare delicacy.

  • Is it true that whenever we are about to do an ill or unjust deed a shadow of the fruits it will bring comes over us as a warning?

  • The acid is extracted from the juice of the citron, the lime, and the lemon, fruits grown in Sicily and the West Indies.

  • And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.

  • They soon reached a small island where ripe fruits were abundant, and where they could provide fresh supplies for the ships.