搜尋結果
olive
- IPA[ˈäləv]
美式
- a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil;the widely cultivated evergreen tree that yields the olive, native to warm regions of the Old World.
- grayish-green, like an unripe olive;(of the complexion) yellowish brown; sallow
noun: olive, plural noun: olives
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil a dish of cauliflower with black olives a cucumber and olive salad
- 2. the widely cultivated evergreen tree that yields the olive, native to warm regions of the Old World.
- ▪ used in names of other trees which are related to the olive, resemble it, or bear similar fruit, e.g. Russian olive.
- 3. a grayish-green color like that of an unripe olive shades of gold, olive, and black
- 4. a marine mollusk with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly colored.
- 5. a metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint.
形容詞
- 1. grayish-green, like an unripe olive a small figure in olive fatigues
- ▪ (of the complexion) yellowish brown; sallow his full lips and olive skin