01常见生果
fruit生果,果实
juice汁,液,果汁
apple 苹果
pear 梨子,梨树
peach 桃子
grape 葡萄
watermelon西瓜
orange 橘子,橙子,橘汁(n)橘色的,橙色的(a)
lemon柠檬(树)
strawberry 草莓
cherry 樱桃
apricot 杏
banana 香蕉
pineapple 菠萝
plum 李子
mango 芒果
date 枣
raspberry 菠萝莓
blueberry 蓝莓
grapefruit 西柚
Kiwi fruit 猕猴桃
02apple的常用习语
the apple of one's eye
宝物,心肝宝物
His youngest son was the apple of his eye.
他最小的儿子是他的心肝宝物。
She is the apple of her father's eye.
她是父亲的心肝宝物。
apples and oranges
风马牛不相干,大纷歧样,青菜萝卜
Oh, you can't compare those two companies, they're apples and oranges!
哦,你不能拿这两家公司做比照,他们风马牛不相干!
He was no competition for me: it was like apples and oranges.
他完全无法和我比:咱们就像青菜和萝卜。
as American as apple pie
十足美国味的,地道美国式的
For me, baseball is as American as apple pie.
对我来说,棒球是地道美国式的运动。
the apple never falls far from the tree
(谚)苹果落地,离树不远
bad/rotten apple
坏家伙,害群之马
He is really a bad apple.
他真是个坏蛋。
The rotten apple injures its neighbours.
那害群之马损伤了邻居。
upset the apple cart
搞砸,乱了满足算盘,美梦幻灭
As I said, you could have upset the apple cart badly.
就像我说的,你可以把把作业搞砸了。
I always knew he'd tell secrets and upset the apple cart.
我就晓得他会泄露隐秘,把作业搞糟。
03cherry的常用习语
a bite at the cherry
测验,机缘
They all wanted a bite of the cherry.
他们都想要得到机缘。
We’ve lost that contract with the German firm and we probably won't get another bite at the cherry.
咱们现已丢掉了与德国公司的合同,咱们可以再也没有机缘了。
a bowl of cherries
美事,乐事
Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.
日子不老是是夸姣了。
I got a fat pay raise! Life is just a bowl of cherries these days!
我薪酬加了一大截!如今的日子真是太夸姣了!
cherry-pick
选择,精选
You will get to cherry-pick all the equipment that goes into your studio.
你要精心选择一切作业室需要的设备。
as red as a
cherry
红透了
Mike definitely likes you—he turns red as a cherry every time you're around!
迈克必定喜爱你,每次你一来,他的脸都红得像猴屁股!
the cherry on the cake
如虎添翼之物
The cherry on the cake, though, is the price.
不过,最诱人的是它的代价。
04其他生果的常用习语
go bananas
抓狂,张狂,发疯
Love is making you go bananas.
爱让人张狂。
Mum went bananas when I said I was going to quit my job.
当我说我要辞去职务时,母亲非常生气。
top banana
顶头上级,最高人物
Who is the top banana here?
谁是这儿的一把手?
He lost a good opportunity to become top banana.
他失掉了变成一把手的好
机缘。
second banana
替补;副角,二号人物
He always plays second banana in the basketball matches.
他在篮球竞赛中一向是替补队员。
go pear-shaped
出缺陷,出疑问,搞砸了
What are we going to do this weekend if our plans go pear-shaped?
假定咱们的方案落空了,这个周末咱们做啥?
We started well, but it all went pear-shaped and we lost five matches in a row.
咱们局势不错,但接下来全凌乱了,咱们连输了五场竞赛。
a plum job
美差,好作业
How did you manage to get such a plum job?
你是怎么得到这么好的作业的?
She landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.
她在一家时髦画廊找到了份美差。
peaches and
cream
(肤色)白里透红的
She has black curly hair, brown eyes and a peaches and cream complexion.
她有一头黑色卷发,棕色的双眼,白里透红的肤色。
sour grapes
酸葡萄(喻指因为得不到而加以降低的东西)
酸葡萄心思(指因得不到想要的东西便说它一文不值)
Envy and sour grapes had their customary party.
吃醋心和酸葡萄心思是一对孪生兄弟。
His disapproving remarks about cars are nothing but sour grapes.
他对轿车的谴责不过是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸算了。
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