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’.