2be the apple of somebody’s eyeLOVEto be loved very much by someone 是某人的心肝宝贝,是某人的掌上明珠
Ben was always the apple of his father’s eye.
本一直是他父亲的心肝宝贝。
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be the apple of somebody’s eye• Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.• He was the apple of her eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength - her everything.• Lucy's sonwas the apple of her eye, work her raisond'être.
3.bob/dunk/dip for applesDGto play a game in which you must use your teeth to pick up applesfloating in water 咬苹果〔指用牙齿从水面上叼起苹果的游戏〕
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bob/dunk/dip for apples• Children from Much Marcle Primary School will be demonstrating how to bob for apples.
4.be as American as apple pieused to describe something that is typically American 是地道美国式的
5.the apple doesn’t fall far from the treeAmerican EnglishAmE used to say that children are usually similar to their parents, especially in a bad way 有其父必有其子
n1.a US computer company whose best-known products include the iPod, iPad, and iPhone
n2.a type of computer made by this company. These machines are regarded as being easy to use, and have a different operating system from PCs. They are usually called ‘Macs’.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + APPLE | APPLE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤sweet甜蘋果▸➤sharp, sour, tart酸蘋果◇Add some sugar to the stewed apple-it's still a little tart.往燉的蘋果裏加點兒糖 - 它還是有點兒酸。➤juicy多汁的蘋果➤crisp又脆又新鮮的蘋果➤green, red綠蘋果;紅蘋果➤shiny光亮的蘋果▸➤cider, cooking, dessert, eating釀酒用的/烹飪用的/做甜點用的/可生吃的蘋果▸➤windfall (BrE) 風吹落的蘋果▸➤baked烤蘋果➤candy, caramel, toffee (BrE) 太妃蘋果;焦糖蘋果▸➤bruised碰傷的蘋果◇The apples were all bruised after being dropped on the floor.蘋果掉到地上後都碰傷了。➤rotten腐爛的蘋果VERB + APPLE➤bite into, eat, munch, munch on咬蘋果;吃蘋果;使勁嚼蘋果◇He just sat there munching on an apple.他只是坐在那兒,使勁地嚼着蘋果。➤core, grate, peel, slice挖去蘋果核;磨碎蘋果;削蘋果皮;把蘋果切成薄片APPLE + NOUN➤crisp, crumble, pie, tart蘋果酥;蘋果餡餅➤juice蘋果汁▸➤core蘋果核➤pip, seed蘋果種子➤slice蘋果片▸➤orchard, tree蘋果園;蘋果樹➡ topic at fruit