If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange apples, we both still only have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange ideas, we each now have two ideas.

——George Bernard Shaw

 

你和我各有一个苹果,如果我们交换苹果的话,我们还是只有一个苹果。但当你和我各有一个想法,我们交换想法的话,我们就都有两个想法了。

——萧伯纳

一、下面我们来看看apple有几种含义

n.

1.苹果 [C] a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh

One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.

一只烂苹果烂一筐苹果。

 

2.【美口】“大苹果”城(指纽约市) [C] (informal) New York City

NYC is the Big Apple.

纽约城又被称作大苹果城。

 

3.(美国)苹果公司 [C] Apple Computer,Inc

Recently, Apple has admitted the importance of right-click contextual menus.

最近,苹果公司承认了右键情境菜单的重要性。

 

二、你知道apple和哪些词更搭吗?

 

apple butter

n. 苹果酱

 

apple of discord

争端,祸根

 

apple pie

n. 苹果馅饼

 

apple sauce

苹果酱;胡说八道,瞎扯

 

三、你了解apple的用法了吗?来做个测试吧!

Just give her some           and she blisses out.

只要给她一苹果,她就很开心。