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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] |
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