Fruit

[fruːt] or [frut]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the consequence of some effort or action; 'he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies'.

(noun.) the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

(verb.) bear fruit; 'the trees fruited early this year'.

(verb.) cause to bear fruit.

道格拉斯校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural.

(v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.

(v. t.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.

(v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.

(v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.

(v. t.) That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.

(v. i.) To bear fruit.

伊桑錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Produce (of the earth for the supply of man and animals), harvest, crop.[2]. Product, result, consequence, effect.[3]. Offspring, issue, young.[4]. (Bot.) Matured ovary.

海因里希錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Production, outcome, outgrowth, result, consequence, produce, reward

ANT:Seed, origin, cause, growth, operation

安吉洛手打

解釋/意思:

n. the produce of the earth which supplies the wants of men and animals: the part of a plant which contains the seed: the offspring of animals: product consequence effect advantage—(Spens.) Fruict.—v.i. to produce fruit.—ns. Fruit′age fruit collectively: fruits; Fruit′-bud a bud that produces fruit; Fruit′-cake a cake containing raisins &c.; Fruit′erer one who deals in fruit:—fem. Fruit′eress; Fruit′ery a place for storing fruit: fruitage.—adj. Fruit′ful producing fruit abundantly: productive.—adv. Fruit′fully.—ns. Fruit′fulness; Fruit′ing process of bearing fruit; Fruit′-knife a knife with a blade of silver &c. for cutting fruit.—adj. Fruit′less barren: without profit: useless.—adv. Fruit′lessly.—ns. Fruit′lessness; Fruit′-tree a tree yielding edible fruit.—adj. Fruit′y like or tasting like fruit.—Small fruits strawberries currants &c.

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