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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. [1913 Webster] 2. To angle with a bob. See {Bob}, n., 2 & 3. [1913 Webster] He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. --Saxe. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. [1913 Webster] 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] Cherry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 509 Housing Units (2000): 220 Land area (2000): 0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km) FIPS code: 12970 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 41.426628 N, 89.212422 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cherry, IL Cherry Kirsche (f)
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