被咬了一口的apple還是那個蘋果嗎?
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
你和我各有一個蘋果,如果我們交換蘋果的話,我們還是隻有一個蘋果。但當你和我各有一個想法,我們交換想法的話,我們就都有兩個想法了。
——蕭伯納
一、下面我們來看看apple有幾種含義
n.
1.蘋果 [C] a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.
一隻爛蘋果爛一筐蘋果。
2.【美口】“大蘋果”城(指紐約市) [C] (informal) New York City
NYC is the Big Apple.
紐約城又被稱作大蘋果城。
3.(美國)蘋果公司 [C] Apple Computer,Inc
Recently, Apple has admitted the importance of right-click contextual menus.
最近,蘋果公司承認了右鍵情境選單的重要性。
二、你知道apple和哪些詞更搭嗎?
apple butter
n. 蘋果醬
apple of discord
爭端,禍根
apple pie
n. 蘋果餡餅
apple sauce
蘋果醬;胡說八道,瞎扯
三、你瞭解apple的用法了嗎?來做個測試吧!
Just give her some and she blisses out.
只要給她一蘋果,她就很開心。