banana

banana
noun
  1. a long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe
    香蕉
  2. (亦作 banana plant 或 banana tree)the tropical and subtropical palm-like plant which bears this fruit, having very large leaves but lacking a woody trunk
    香蕉树
  3. Genus Musa, family Musaceae: several species, in particular M. sapientum
    芭蕉属,芭蕉科:数种,尤指大蕉
常用词组
go (或 be) bananas
  1. (informal,)become (or be) mad or extremely silly
    (非正式)发疯
    everyone's beginning to think I'm bananas.
    每个人都认为我疯了。
    ■become extremely angry or excited
    愤怒;兴奋至极
    she went bananas when I said I was going to leave the job.
    我说我要辞职不干的时候她快气疯了。
top (或 second) banana
  1. (informal chiefly N. Amer.)the most (or second most) important person in an organization or activity
    (非正式,主 北美)(机构或活动中的)头号(或二号)人物
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: via Portuguese Spanish from Mande
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