ap‧ple S2 W3 / æp ə l / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside :

apple pie

an apple tree

roast pork and apple sauce (= a thick sauce made from cooked apples ) → cooking apple , eating apple

2 be the apple of sb’s eye to be loved very much by someone :

Ben was always the apple of his father’s eye.

3 bob/dunk/dip for apples to play a game in which you must use your teeth to pick up apples floating in water

4 be as American as apple pie used to describe something that is typically American

5 the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree American English used to say that children are usually similar to their parents, especially in a bad way

→ upset the apple cart at upset 1 ( 4 ) , → a rotten apple at rotten 1 ( 7 ) , → Adam’s apple , Big Apple

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

juicy a juicy green apple

sweet This apple’s really sweet and delicious.

sour/tart (= not at all sweet ) Some people prefer a slightly sour apple.

rotten (= bad, so that the skin goes brown ) There were a few rotten apples lying on the ground.

an eating/dessert apple (= one which is sweet enough to eat ) Use dessert apples for this recipe.

a cooking apple

a baked apple (= one that has been cooked in the oven )

动词

eat an apple Some people say that you should eat an apple every day.

bite into an apple Sue bit into her apple with a loud crunch.

munch on an apple (= eat it ) He was munching on an apple.

peel an apple (= remove the skin ) Peel the apples and slice them finely.

core an apple (= remove the middle part containing the seeds ) Core the apples and cut into quarters.