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- the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food水果：
tropical fruits such as mangoes and papaya
芒果、木瓜等热带水果
mass noun eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.吃大量的新鲜水果和蔬菜。
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- Botany the seed-bearing structure of a plant, e.g. an acorn【植】果实（如橡树果实）。
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- archaic or poetic/literary〈古或诗/文〉natural produce that can be used for food（可用作食物的）天然产品：
we give thanks for the fruits of the earth.
感谢上帝赐予我们大地的产物。
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- the result or reward of work or activity成果, 结果：
the pupils began to appreciate the fruits of their labours.
小学生们开始珍惜自己的劳动成果。
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- archaic offspring〈古〉子孙, 后代：
she couldn't bear not to see the fruit of her womb.
她无法忍受不看自己的孩子。
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- derogatory, chiefly US a male homosexual〈贬, 主美〉男同性恋者。
no obj.
- (of a tree or other plant) produce fruit, typically at a specified time（树或其他植物）结果实：
the trees fruit very early
这些树结果很早
as noun fruiting cover strawberries with cloches to encourage early fruiting.用钟形玻璃罩覆盖草莓, 使其早日结果。
短语
bear fruit
- have good results奏效, 有成果：
his government's monetarism was beginning to bear fruit.
他的政府的货币主义政策已开始奏效。
in fruit
- (of a tree or plant) at the stage of producing fruit（树, 植物）在结果期。
old fruit
- informal, dated a friendly form of address used by one man to another〈非正式, 旧〉老兄（男人与男人之间的一种友好称呼）。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin fructus 'enjoyment of produce, harvest', from frui 'enjoy', related to fruges 'fruits of the earth', plural (and most common form) of frux， frug- 'fruit'.