/fru:t ||; frut/noun1 [C,U] the part of a plant or tree that contains seeds and that we eat 水果: Try and eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. 要多吃新鲜水果和蔬菜。Marmalade is made with citrus fruit (= oranges, lemons, grapefruit, etc). 橘子酱是用柑橘类水果做的。fruit juice 果汁 ☞picture on page C3 见C3页插图
When we say ‘a fruit’ we mean ‘a type of fruit’ Most big supermarkets sell all sorts of tropical fruits. When talking about an individual piece of fruit we usually use the name of the fruit Would you like an apple? or we use the uncountable form Would you like some fruit? a fruit指一种水果﹕Most big supermarkets sell all sorts of tropical fruits.大部份大型超级市场里都可买到各式各样的热带水果。说一个水果通常使用该水果的名字﹕Would you like an apple? 你要来个苹果吗?或者用不可数形式﹕Would you like some fruit? 你要来点水果吗? 2 [C] the part of any plant in which the seed is formed (植物的)果实
3 [pl] the fruits (of sth) a good result or success from work that you have done 成果: It will be years before we see the fruits of this research. 要过好多年我们才能看到这项研究的成果。
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