If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange apples, we both still only have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange ideas, we each now have two ideas.
——George Bernard Shaw
你和我各有一个苹果,如果我们交换苹果的话,我们还是只有一个苹果。但当你和我各有一个想法,我们交换想法的话,我们就都有两个想法了。
——萧伯纳
一、下面我们来看看apple有几种含义
n.
1.苹果 [C] a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.
一只烂苹果烂一筐苹果。
2.【美口】“大苹果”城(指纽约市) [C] (informal) New York City
NYC is the Big Apple.
纽约城又被称作大苹果城。
3.(美国)苹果公司 [C] Apple Computer,Inc
Recently, Apple has admitted the importance of right-click contextual menus.
最近,苹果公司承认了右键情境菜单的重要性。
二、你知道apple和哪些词更搭吗?
apple butter
n. 苹果酱
apple of discord
争端,祸根
apple pie
n. 苹果馅饼
apple sauce
苹果酱;胡说八道,瞎扯
三、你了解apple的用法了吗?来做个测试吧!
Just give her some and she blisses out.
只要给她一苹果,她就很开心。