apple
/ˈæpl/noun
1
- the round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin green or red skin and crisp flesh. Many varieties have been developed as dessert or cooking fruit or for making cider苹果。
1.1
- used in names of unrelated fruits or other plant growths that resemble apples in some way, e.g. custard apple, oak apple［用于和苹果无关但在某些方面与苹果相似的水果或其他植物的名称中, 如custard apple, oak apple］。
2
- （亦作apple tree）the tree bearing such fruit, with hard pale timber that is used in carpentry and to smoke food苹果树。
2.1
- Genus Malus, family Rosaceae: numerous hybrids and cultivars.苹果属, 蔷薇科：众多杂交品种和栽培品种。
短语
the apple never falls far from the tree
- proverb salient family characteristics are usually inherited〈谚〉苹果落地, 离树不远。
the apple of one's eye
- a person of whom one is extremely fond and proud热爱的人, 至爱; 引以为豪的人; 掌上明珠; 得意门生。
- ORIGIN: denoting the pupil of the eye, considered to be a globular solid body, extended as a symbol of something cherished.
apples and oranges
- N. Amer. (of two people or things) irreconcilably or fundamentally different〈北美〉（人, 物）截然不同。
apples and pears
- Brit. rhyming slang stairs〈英, 谐俚〉楼梯：
he hasn't made it up those apples and pears in ten years.
他有十年没上那些楼梯了。
a rotten（或bad）apple
- informal a bad or corrupt person in a group, especially one whose behaviour is likely to have a detrimental influence on their associates〈非正式〉害群之马; 败类。
- ORIGIN: with reference to the effect that a rotten apple has on fruit with which it is in contact.
she's apples
- Austral. informal used to indicate that everything is in good order and there is nothing to worry about〈澳, 非正式〉一切都好, 不必担心：
'Is the fire safe?' 'Yeah, she's apples.'
“这炉火安全吗？”“没问题, 别担心。”
ORIGIN: from apples and spice or apples and rice, rhyming slang for nice.
upset the apple cart
- spoil a plan or disturb the status quo打乱计划, 把事情搞砸。
词源
Old English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel.