forbidden fruit

短语

禁果

发音

UK /fəˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹuːt/
AU
US /fɚˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹut/

词形变化

forbidden fruits 复数 forbidden fruits

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fruit forbidden to Adam.

    禁果

    可数 不可数 宗教
  2. 2.

    Illicit pleasure.

    偷欢

    可数 习语 不可数
  3. 3.

    Something desired that cannot be had.

    可数 不可数

    She was forbidden fruit because she was his teacher. This taboo made him want a relationship with her even more.

  4. 4.

    A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

temptation enticement

词源

With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)

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