| 释义 |
lime
[laɪm] noun
FRUIT 水果
countable or uncountable
■a round fruit containing a lot of juice which is sour like a lemon but smaller and green, or the small Asian tree on which this fruit grows 酸橙（树）
[laɪm] noun
TREE 树 (also lime tree) (US usually linden)
■a large tree with leaves shaped like a heart and pale yellow flowers 欧椴树，菩提树
[laɪm] noun
CHEMICAL 化学品
uncountable (also quicklime)
■a white powdery substance which is used especially to spread on the land to improve the quality of earth so that crops grow better 石灰
uncountable (also limescale) (or scale)
■white material that collects inside water pipes, kettles , etc. in areas where the water is hard (= contains a lot of natural chemicals) 水垢（一种在水管、水壶等中积累的白色物质，通常存在于水质较硬并含有丰富天然化学物质的水中）
[laɪm] verb transitive
■to spread the substance lime on a piece of land 撒石灰于 |