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tangerine

/tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen/US // ˌtæn dʒəˈrin, ˈtæn dʒəˌrin //UK // (ˌtændʒəˈriːn) //

橘子,桔子,柑橘,橘子色

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
    • : deep orange; reddish orange.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the color tangerine; reddish-orange.

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Examples

  • Situated along a series of narrow ridgetops within Mark Twain National Forest, the road skirts bright crimson and tangerine-hued leaves before winter arrives.

  • Pour in Campari to fill the glass and float one more tangerine slice.

  • Please note: The faux-Tangerine Dream soundtrack was not included with the computer.

  • A close second: thinking the public has the I.Q. of a tangerine.

  • The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Babyby Tom Wolfe The ur-text of New Journalism still bears rereading now.

  • Put the dried apricots into a saucepan with the water, and add the sugar and juices from the lemon and tangerine or orange.

  • A few mandarini—tangerine oranges—rolled on a plate for dessert.

  • He waited, palpably waited, but Arlee continued to peel a tangerine with absorption, and the question had to come from him.

  • Very carefully she tore the tangerine skin into very little bits, her head bent over it.

  • The ex-Marine was munching on a Lebanese tangerine and watching the Nile boats below.

  • I respect Billy, the adjutant, for his long service and the Tangerine at the back of his neck.