peanut

B1 CET-4 大学 FREQ #5709 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 花生, 小人物, 极小的数额 a. 渺小的, 微不足道的

发音

UK /ˈpiːnʌt/
US /ˈpiˌnʌt/

词形变化

peanuts 复数 peanuts peanuts 三单 peanutted peanutting peanutting 现在分词 peanutted 过去式 peanutted 过去分词

别名

pea-nut pea nut

教材释义与例句

名词

花生

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

    花生

    落花生

    长生果

    土豆

    番豆

    涂豆

    He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).

    美国
  3. 3.

    See peanuts (“very small amount”).

    复数形式
v.
  1. 1.

    To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

    及物

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

来源:wiktionary