fruit 1 S2 W3 / frut / 名词 ( 复数形式 fruit or fruits )

1 [可数和不可数名词] something that grows on a plant, tree, or bush, can be eaten as a food, contains seeds or a stone, and is usually sweet :

Try to eat plenty of fresh fruit .

fruit and vegetables

a glass of fruit juice

a large garden with fruit trees → dried fruit , soft fruit

Grammar

Fruit is usually uncountable :

Fruit is inexpensive here. It is used as a countable 名词 mainly to refer to one or more types of fruit :

oranges and other citrus fruits

2 [可数和不可数名词] technical the part of a plant, bush, or tree that contains the seeds

3 the fruit(s) of something the good results that you have from something, after you have worked very hard :

I’m looking forward to retirement and having time to enjoy the fruits of my labour (= the results of my hard work ) .

4 in fruit technical trees, plants etc that are in fruit are producing their fruit

5 the fruits of the earth literary all the natural things that the earth produces, such as fruit, vegetables, or minerals

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