单词 | chestnut |
释义 | chestnut ['tʃest.nʌt] noun countable ■a large shiny reddish-brown nut, or the tree on which the nuts grow 栗子,板栗;栗树 •A man in the street was selling bags of roast •a 200-year-old chestnut tree ⇒ See also horse chestnutcountable ■a reddish-brown horse 栗色马;红棕马 uncountable ■a reddish-brown colour 栗色,红褐色,红棕色 ['tʃest.nʌt] noun old chestnut informal ■a subject, idea or joke which has been discussed or repeated so often that it is not funny any more 老掉牙的话题(或想法、笑话) •I wondered whether there might, after all, be some truth in the old chestnut that one's school days are the happiest of one's life.老话说学生时代是人生中最幸福的时光,我在想这话是否有些道理。 ['tʃest.nʌt] adjective ■reddish-brown in colour 栗色的,红褐色的,红棕色的 |
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