fig
fig1
noun
not give (或 care) a fig
fig2
(informal)(非正式)
noun
noun
- a soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds, eaten fresh or dried
无花果 - (亦作 fig tree)the deciduous Old World tree or shrub which bears this fruit
无花果树 - Ficus carica, family Moraceae
拉丁名Ficus carica，桑科
■used in names of other plants of this genus, e.g. strangling fig, weeping fig
［用于无花果属或榕属其他植物名称中，如strangling fig，weeping fig］
not give (或 care) a fig
- not have the slightest concern about
毫不在乎，无视
Elaine didn't give a fig for Joe's comfort or his state of mind.
伊莱恩毫不关心乔的痛痒和他的精神状态。
- Middle English: from Old French figue, from Provençal fig(u)a, based on Latin ficus
fig2
(informal)(非正式)
noun
- (用于短语 full fig)smart clothes, especially those appropriate to a particular occasion or profession
（尤指适合特殊场合、职业的）漂亮服装；盛装
a soldier walking up the street in full fig.
身着盛装、沿街走来的战士。
- [with obj.](archaic)dress up (someone) to look smart
(古)打扮（某人）
landsmen are figged out as fine as Lord Harry.
新水手们打扮得像哈里勋爵一样体面。
- late 17th cent. (as a verb): variant of obsolete feague 'liven up' (earlier 'whip'); perhaps related to German fegen 'sweep, thrash'; compare with fake. An early sense of the verb was 'fill the head with nonsense'; later (early 19th cent.) 'cause (a horse) to be lively and carry its tail well (by applying ginger to its anus'); hence 'smarten up'
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