chestnut

英 [ˈtʃesnʌt]

美 [ˈtʃesnʌt]

n.  栗树; 栗子; 板栗; 栗色; 深红棕色
adj.  栗色的; 红棕色的

复数：chestnuts　

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牛津词典

noun

• 栗树
  a large tree with spreading branches, that produces smooth brown nuts inside cases which are covered with spikes . There are several types of chestnut tree.
• 栗子；板栗
  a smooth brown nut of a chestnut tree, some types of which can be eaten
  1. roast chestnuts
     炒板栗
• 栗色；深红棕色
  a deep reddish-brown colour
• 栗色马；红棕马
  a horse of a reddish-brown colour
• 陈腐的笑话；老掉牙的故事
  an old joke or story that has been told so many times that it is no longer amusing or interesting

adj.

• 栗色的；红棕色的
  reddish-brown in colour

柯林斯词典

• See also:horse chestnut
• 栗子
  Chestnutsare the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts.
• COLOUR 栗色;红棕色
  Something that ischestnutis dark reddish-brown in colour.
  1. ...a woman with chestnut hair.
     栗色头发的女子
  2. ...a chestnut mare.
     枣红色母马
• PHRASE 老掉牙的话(或故事、笑话);老一套
  If you refer to a statement, a story, or a joke as anold chestnutor ahoary chestnut, you mean that it has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting.
  1. ...that old chestnut, the war between man and machines.
     又是老掉牙的故事：人机大战

英英释义

noun

• a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
• a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
• the brown color of chestnuts
• edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
• any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn
  Synonym:chestnut tree
• wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

adj

• (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
  1. a chestnut horse
  2. chestnut hair

双语例句

• The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut
  这种果实颇似甜栗子。
• Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts.
  美国东南部的一种矮生灌木状栗树，有小坚果，可食。
• Horse chestnut the medicinal qualities of their conkers, leaves and bark soothe varicose veins.
  七叶树七叶树的果实、叶子和树皮的药效能减缓静脉曲张。
• He brought a sugar and chestnut loaf for dessert.
  他带了糖和板栗面包准备当点心吃。
• One had chestnut hair, the other, brown.
  一个的头发是栗色，另一个是棕色。
• The crab is good but I like the Wonton and Zongzi with chestnut and meat instead.
  螃蟹的味道确实美味，不过我还是比较喜欢吃馄饨和栗子肉馅的粽子。
• I stood waiting under the chestnut tree.
  我站在栗树下等待。
• It should build Chinese chestnut gene bank to protect the Chinese chestnut resources.
  提出了建立板栗基因库，保护板栗种质资源的合理建议。
• The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut.
  这只公鸡胸部羽毛呈浅栗色，带有白色细条纹。
• In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen
  花园里，七叶树已经落叶了。