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peach 音标拼音: [p'itʃ] n. 桃子,桃树,桃色
vt. 告发
vi. 告密 桃子,桃树,桃色告发告密 peach n 1: cultivated in temperate regions [ synonym: { peach}, { peach tree}, { Prunus persica}] 2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [ synonym: { smasher}, { stunner}, { knockout}, { beauty}, { ravisher}, { sweetheart}, { peach}, { lulu}, { looker}, { mantrap}, { dish}] 3: downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh 4: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [ synonym: { yellowish pink}, { apricot}, { peach}, { salmon pink}] v 1: divulge confidential information or secrets; " Be careful-- his secretary talks" [ synonym: { spill the beans}, { let the cat out of the bag}, { talk}, { tattle}, { blab}, { peach}, { babble}, { sing}, { babble out}, { blab out}] [ ant: { keep one' s mouth shut}, { keep quiet}, { shut one' s mouth}] Peach \ Peach\ ( p[= e] ch), v. t. [ See { Appeach}, { Impeach}.] To accuse of crime; to inform against. [ Obs.] -- Foxe. [ 1913 Webster]
Peach \ Peach\, v. i. To turn informer; to betray one' s accomplice. [ Obs. or Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] If I be ta' en, I' ll peach for this. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Peach \ Peach\ ( p[= e] ch), n. [ OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^ e] che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum ( sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. { Persian}, and { Parsee}.] 1. ( Bot.) A well- known high- flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond- like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The tree ({ Prunus Persica} syn. { Amygdalus Persica}) which bears the peach fruit. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [ PJC] { Guinea peach}, or { Sierra Leone peach}, the large edible berry of the { Sarcocephalus esculentus}, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. { Palm peach}, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({ Bactris speciosa}). { Peach color}, the pale red color of the peach blossom. { Peach- tree borer} ( Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth ({ Aegeria exitiosa}, or { Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family { Aegeriidae}, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under { Borer}. [ 1913 Webster] 109 Moby Thesaurus words for " peach": Miss America, ace, apricot, babble, bathing beauty, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, beau ideal, beaut, beauty, beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, bunny, carrot- colored, carroty, charmer, corker, cover girl, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dazzler, dilly, dream, enchantress, fink, give away, great beauty, honey, humdinger, inform, inform against, inform on, killer- diller, knockout, lady fair, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, lollapaloosa, looker, lulu, model, narc, nark, nifty, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, old gold, orange, orange- hued, orange- red, orangeish, orangey, paragon, pearl, pinup, pinup girl, pip, pippin, pumpkin, pussycat, rat, raving beauty, red- orange, reddish- orange, reddish- yellow, reigning beauty, reveal a secret, sell out, sex kitten, sing, slick chick, snitch, snitch on, spill, spill the beans, squeak, squeal, stool, stunner, sweetheart, talk, tangerine, tattle, tattle on, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, testify against, the nuts, turn informer, whiz |
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