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A soft, sweet fruit full of tiny seeds, usually purple or green on the outside, that grows on fig trees - eaten fresh or dried. The phrase 'fig leaf' is used to describe something that is meant to hide or cover up something , like a weak excuse used as a fig leaf for a bad decision.
無花果;「fig leaf」=遮羞布、用來掩蓋問題的藉口
原始詞典資料19 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Figname詞源 1
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The 95th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Figname詞源 2
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slangFigueroa Street (street in Los Angeles)
fignoun詞源 1/fɪɡ/
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The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
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A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
- And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
- I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
- About Rebecca and Jos he did not care a fig.
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A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
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datedA raisin (dried grape).
- figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins
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A small piece of tobacco.
- “You may flog, and welcome, master,” said he, “if you'll give me a fig o' tibbacky.”
- This was followed by his presenting his sable acquaintance with a fig of tobacco, whereupon, instead of thanking the donor in the usual way, the black signified his gratitude by throwing a spear at twenty or thirty yards' distance.
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A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
figverb詞源 1/fɪɡ/
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obsoleteTo insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.
- When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
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obsoleteTo put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
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datedTo develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
- For filling figged soaps silicate of potash is best adapted, as soda prevents in a measure the proper crystallization. [...] Artificially figged soap [...makes] a very close imitation of the naturally figged soap.
- Figging is usually considered to indicate a good quality of soft soap, but such is really not the case. A first-class soft soap can be made which will not fig, while, on the other hand, a poor soap can be produced which will fig.
figverb詞源 2/fɪɡ/
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To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
fignoun詞源 3/fɪɡ/
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datedA person's figure; dress or appearance.
figverb詞源 3/fɪɡ/
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datedTo dress; to get oneself up a certain way.
figverb詞源 4/fɪɡ/
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rareTo insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of (a horse): to perform figging upon; to feague, to feak.
- Ginger, a showy, fast horse — as if he had been figged with ginger under his tail; a red-haired man.
- He must be "figged." Figging consists in pushing a piece of crushed ginger into the return of the wretched creature — a practice which is now illegal, and of which information should be given to the R.S.P.C.A. whenever detected.
fignoun詞源 4/fɪɡ/
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The piece of ginger root used in figging.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。