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- a large round juicy citrus fruit with a tough bright reddish-yellow rind柑橘, 橙。
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- mass noun a drink made from or flavoured with orange橘子水, 橙汁：
a vodka and orange.
一份伏特加橙汁。
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- （亦作orange tree）the leathery-leaved evergreen tree which bears this fruit, native to warm regions of south and SE Asia. Oranges are a major commercial crop in many warm regions of the world.橙树, 柑树, 橘树。
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- Genus Citrus, family Rutaceae: several species, in particular the sweet orange (C. sinensis) and the Seville orange柑橘属, 芸香科：众多种, 尤指甜橙（拉丁名C. sinensis）和酸橙。
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- used in names of other plants with similar fruit or flowers, e.g. mock orange.类似柑橘的植物, 如山梅花。
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- mass noun a bright reddish-yellow colour like that of the skin of a ripe orange橙黄色, 橘黄色。
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- with modifier a butterfly with mainly or partly orange wings橙黄色蝴蝶。
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- Several species in the family Pieridae, in particular American species in the genera Colias and Eurema.粉蝶科中数种, 尤指豆粉蝶属和黄粉蝶属的美国种。
- reddish yellow, like a ripe orange in colour橙黄色的：
an orange glow in the sky.
空中的一片橙黄色光亮。
派生词
orangey
（亦作orangy）adjectiveorangish
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French orenge （in the phrase pomme d'orenge）, based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang.