a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and downy pinkish-yellow skin 桃子 ■[mass noun]a pinkish-yellow colour like that of a peach 桃红色 ■(informal)an exceptionally good or attractive person or thing (非正式)特别招人喜欢的人(或物) what a peach of a shot!. 多么出色的照相!。
(亦作 peach tree)the Chinese tree which bears this fruit 桃树
Prunus persica, family Rosaceae: many cultivars, including the nectarine 拉丁名Prunus persica,蔷薇科:多种栽培品种,包括油桃
常用词组 peaches and cream
(of a person's complexion) of a cream colour with downy pink cheeks (人的肤色)细洁且白里透红的
派生 peachiness ( ) noun 语源
late Middle English: from Old French pesche, from medieval Latin persica, from Latin persicum (malum), literally 'Persian apple'
peach2 verb
[no obj.](peach on)(informal)inform on (非正式)告密,告发 the other members of the gang would not hesitate to peach on him if it would serve their purpose. 如果对他们自己有利的话,这个团伙中的其他成员会毫不犹豫地告发他。
语源
late Middle English: shortening of archaic appeach, from Old French empechier 'impede' (see impeach)