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| /ˈtʃesˌnʌt/ |
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| 1 | C a large smooth red-brown nut that you can eat 板栗 | roast chestnuts 炒板栗 | | chestnut stuffing 栗子馅 | |
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| 2 | chestnut C a tall tree with large wide leaves that produces chestnuts 栗树 | | 2a | U the wood of a chestnut tree 栗木 | | |
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| 3 | U a red-brown colour 栗色；红棕色 | She had thick chestnut hair. 她留着一头浓密的栗色头发。 | |
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| 4 | C a horse that is red-brown in colour 红棕马 |
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| - | old chestnut
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| a story or joke that has been repeated so often that everyone is bored with it |
| 陈腐的故事；陈腐的笑话 |
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| Not that old chestnut again! 别再讲那个老掉牙的故事了！ |
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