apple

noun

1. 苹果
   a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh
   1. an apple pie
      苹果馅饼
   2. apple sauce
      苹果沙司
   3. a garden with three apple trees
      有四棵苹果树的花园

1. See also: I want an apple. ...2kg cooking apples. ...his ongoing search for the finest varieties of apple. ...a large garden with apple trees in it. Adam's apple Big Apple crab apple
2. PHRASE 心肝宝贝；掌上明珠
   If you say that someone is the apple of your eye, you mean that they are very important to you and you are extremely fond of them.
   1. Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.
      彭妮的独子是她的心肝宝贝。

1. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?
   若IBM公司和苹果公司联合将会有什么效果呢？
2. I want an apple.
   我想要一个苹果。
3. Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.
   彭妮的独子是她的心肝宝贝。
4. On his right was a thriving vegetable garden and beyond it a small orchard of apple trees.
   他右边是一个生机勃勃的菜园，菜园的另一边是一个小小的苹果园。
5. He took another bite of apple
   他又咬了一口苹果。
6. Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.
   丹尼尔倚在沙发上，嘴里还在嚼着苹果。
7. The apple was brought over here by the colonists when they came.
   苹果是早期殖民地开拓者来的时候带过来的。
8. Sweeten dishes sparingly with honey, or concentrated apple or pear juice.
   加一点蜂蜜或浓缩苹果汁或梨汁，让菜带点甜味。
9. Someone threw an apple core
   有人扔了一个苹果核。
10. Richard crunched into the apple.
    理查德咬了一口苹果。
11. She devoured half an apple pie.
    她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
12. He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie to follow.
    他决定点烤鸡配蔬菜，然后是苹果派。
13. My gran's given us some apple jam.
    我奶奶送给我们一些苹果酱。
14. Poach the pears in apple juice for perhaps ten minutes at most.
    把梨放入苹果汁中，最多煮10分钟左右。
15. Rhys offered him an apple
    里斯给他一个苹果。
16. Primrose was given an apple, left over from our picnic lunch.
    我们中午野餐剩下的一个苹果给了普丽姆罗丝。
17. 'You want an apple with your cheese?' — 'Please.'
    “要不要加个苹果和奶酪一起吃？”——“行啊。”
18. Place the pastry circles on to a baking sheet and position one apple on each circle.
    把油酥面圈放到烘烤盘上，每个上面放一个苹果。
19. The patient can have apples, apple juice, apple sauce, and so forth.
    病人可以食用苹果、苹果汁、苹果酱等。
20. The stewed apple was sour even with honey.
    炖煮的苹果即便加了蜂蜜还是很酸。
21. Stew the apple and blackberries to make a thick pulp.
    将苹果和黑莓炖成稠浆。
22. Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed.
    波利咬了一口苹果，嚼了嚼咽了下去。
23. Can you tell me whether it is a good thing to prune an apple tree?
    你能否告诉我该不该修剪苹果树？
24. I planted those apple trees.
    我栽了那些苹果树。
25. He was up a ladder sawing off the tops of his apple trees
    他正站在梯子顶上锯他那颗苹果树的树冠。
26. This apple is very nice.
    这个苹果很好吃。
27. I threw the apple to him and he caught it.
    我把苹果扔给他，他接着了。
28. Peel an apple for the child.
    给孩子旋个苹果吃。
29. There are a few apple trees scattered among these peach trees.
    这片桃树中杂有几棵苹果树。
30. The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.
    苹果花使空气充满香味。

n.

the apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the tree

• 有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女；上行下效
  a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)

the apple of sb's eye

• 心肝宝贝；掌上明珠
  a person or thing that is loved more than any other

apples and oranges

• 苹果橘子两码事；截然不同
  used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other
  1. They really are apples and oranges.
     他们确实是迥然不同。

as American as apple pie

• 典型美国式的；地道美国式的
  used to say that sth is typical of America

a rotten apple

• 带来恶劣影响的人；害群之马
  one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group

noun

1. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

2. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

   Synonym:    orchard apple treeMalus pumila