cherry 音标拼音: [tʃ'ɛri]
n . 樱桃,樱桃树,樱桃色
樱桃,樱桃树,樱桃色
cherry adj 1 :
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (
next to orange );
resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [
synonym : {
red }, {
reddish }, {
ruddy },
{
blood -
red }, {
carmine }, {
cerise }, {
cherry }, {
cherry -
red },
{
crimson }, {
ruby }, {
ruby -
red }, {
scarlet }]
n 1 :
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry 2 :
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone ;
many also produce a valuable hardwood [
synonym : {
cherry }, {
cherry tree }]
3 :
a red fruit with a single hard stone 4 :
a red the color of ripe cherries [
synonym : {
cerise }, {
cherry },
{
cherry red }]
Bob \
Bob \,
v .
i .
1 .
To have a short ,
jerking motion ;
to play to and fro ,
or up and down ;
to play loosely against anything . "
Bobbing and courtesying ." --
Thackeray .
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2 .
To angle with a bob .
See {
Bob },
n .,
2 &
3 .
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He ne '
er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels . --
Saxe .
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{
To bob at an apple }, {
cherry },
etc .
to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple ,
cherry ,
or other round fruit ,
while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water .
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Cherry \
Cher "
ry \ (
ch [
e ^]
r "
r [
y ^]),
a .
Like a red cherry in color ;
ruddy ;
blooming ;
as ,
a cherry lip ;
cherry cheeks .
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Cherry \
Cher "
ry \ (
ch [
e ^]
r "
r [
y ^]),
n . [
OE .
chery ,
for cherys ,
fr .
F .
cerise (
cf .
AS .
cyrs cherry ),
fr .
LL .
ceresia ,
fr .
L .
cerasus Cherry tree ,
Gr .
keraso `
s ,
perh .
fr .
ke `
ras horn ,
from the hardness of the wood .]
1 . (
Bot .)
A tree or shrub of the genus {
Prunus } (
Which also includes the plum )
bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone ;
(
a )
The common garden cherry ({
Prunus Cerasus }),
of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit ,
some of which are ,
the begarreau ,
blackheart ,
black Tartarian ,
oxheart ,
morelle or morello ,
May -
duke (
corrupted from M ['
e ]
doc in France ).
(
b )
The wild cherry ;
as , {
Prunus serotina } (
wild black cherry ),
valued for its timber ; {
Prunus Virginiana }
(
choke cherry ),
an American shrub which bears astringent fruit ; {
Prunus avium }
and {
Prunus Padus },
European trees (
bird cherry ).
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2 .
The fruit of the cherry tree ,
a drupe of various colors and flavors .
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3 .
The timber of the cherry tree ,
esp .
of the black cherry ,
used in cabinetmaking ,
etc .
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4 .
A peculiar shade of red ,
like that of a cherry .
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{
Barbadoes cherry }.
See under {
Barbadoes }.
{
Cherry bird } (
Zool .),
an American bird ;
the cedar bird ; --
so called from its fondness for cherries .
{
Cherry bounce },
cherry brandy and sugar .
{
Cherry brandy },
brandy in which cherries have been steeped .
{
Cherry laurel } (
Bot .),
an evergreen shrub ({
Prunus Lauro -
cerasus })
common in shrubberies ,
the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds .
{
Cherry pepper } (
Bot .),
a species of {
Capsicum } ({
Capsicum cerasiforme }),
with small ,
scarlet ,
intensely piquant cherry -
shaped fruit .
{
Cherry pit }.
(
a )
A child '
s play ,
in which cherries are thrown into a hole . --
Shak .
(
b )
A cherry stone .
{
Cherry rum },
rum in which cherries have been steeped .
{
Cherry sucker } (
Zool .),
the European spotted flycatcher ({
Musicapa grisola }); --
called also {
cherry chopper }
{
cherry snipe }.
{
Cherry tree },
a tree that bears cherries .
{
Ground cherry }, {
Winter cherry },
See {
Alkekengi }.
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