5. fruit是一個(gè)雅思?？荚~匯，這個(gè)詞的常用解釋為n. 水果， 果實(shí)； 成果， 效果，這個(gè)詞在很多考試中都會(huì)出現(xiàn)，今天就一起來了解一下這個(gè)詞的具體用法。

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“Fruit”是個(gè)名詞。這個(gè)詞既是可數(shù)名詞也是不可數(shù)名詞。因此“Fruit”的復(fù)數(shù)可以是“Fruit”也可以是"Fruits"。如果并不特指，而是看做一個(gè)整體，我們通常用“Fruit”。如果你想強(qiáng)調(diào)水果的不同種類，就可以用“fruits”。

例句：

• Would you like some fruit? 你想吃點(diǎn)水果嗎?

• There isn't much fresh fruit available in winter. 冬天沒有太多新鮮水果。

• The juice is made from a variety of fresh fruits. 果汁是用不同種類的

• avocado - the plural is avocados though you may see avocadoes (less frequently). 牛油果—復(fù)數(shù)形式是avocados或avocadoes(少見)

• boysenberry - is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry 博伊森莓—樹莓和黑莓的雜交品種

• kiwifruit - sometimes written as two words kiwi fruit. It has the same form in singular and plural kiwifruit.獼猴桃—有時(shí)寫成兩個(gè)單詞kiwi fruit，單復(fù)數(shù)同形。

• peach - same as a nectarine but with a slight fur on its skin 桃子—跟油桃一樣，但表皮有一些毛。

A piece of fruit

We often say a piece of fruit when we refer to one fruit (one apple, one orange etc) without specifying which one it is.

當(dāng)我們提到一個(gè)水果(一個(gè)蘋果、一個(gè)橘子等)，但并沒有具體指代哪個(gè)時(shí)，就可以說a piece of fruit。

• She always has a piece of fruit with her breakfast. 她早餐通常會(huì)吃一個(gè)水果。

The fruit of something

The fruit (or fruits) of something is an expression which means the good results that you obtain from something such as hard work.

The fruit of something的含義是從某件事(如努力工作)中獲得的好的結(jié)果。

• The award he received is the fruit of his hard work and always trying to do his best.

這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是他努力工作合總是盡努力的結(jié)果。

常見的水果名稱

water melon 西瓜

papaya 木瓜

guava 番石榴

lime 青檸

lemon 檸檬

star fruit 楊桃

seeds 種子

nectarine 油桃

scale 秤

grapefruit 葡萄柚

plum 李子

mango 芒果

taro 芋頭

plastic bags 塑料袋

mandarin orange 橘子

kiwi frui 奇異果

sugar cane 甘蔗

peach 桃子

grapes 葡萄

honeydew melon 甜瓜

與水果有關(guān)的俚語(yǔ)

Bear fruit

To ‘bear fruit’ 指的是很富有成果，通常指在很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間之后。

例句：The effort he put into his studies is now bearing fruit.（他學(xué)習(xí)刻苦，現(xiàn)在看到成果了。）

Low hanging fruit

‘Low hanging fruit’ 指的是很容易做到，不需要太多努力的事。就像從低枝上摘水果一樣，不需要爬高，就可以得到。

例句：Let’s focus on local customers first, they are the low hanging fruit. （讓我們首先把焦點(diǎn)放在本地客戶上，他們是唾手可得。）

Cherry pick

To ‘cherry pick’ 指的是選擇最好的或最理想的。

例句：Our manager cherry picked staff to work on the project. （我們經(jīng)理精心挑選了參加這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的職員。）