plural apples
plural apples
Learner's definition of APPLE
: a round fruit with red, yellow, or green skin and firm white flesh苹果 [count]
[noncount]
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apple pie苹果派
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apple juice苹果汁
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apple trees苹果树
— see color picture on this page ◊ In figurative use, a bad apple or rotten apple is a bad member of a group who causes problems for the rest of the group.烂苹果;害群之马。
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A few bad apples cheated on the test, and now everyone has to take the test again.几个害群之马考试作弊,弄得大家现在都得重考。
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One rotten apple ruined the day for the rest of us.我们好好的一天都被一个坏家伙给毁了。
— see also adam's apple, crab apple
compare apples to apples/oranges
— see 1compare
the apple of someone's eye
: a person or thing that someone loves very much珍爱的人(或物);掌上明珠
upset the apple cart
— see 2upset