喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture the sweet, ripe thing hanging on a tree or bush — an apple, a peach — with seeds tucked inside. You reach up, pick it, and eat it. That is fruit: the good, edible thing a plant grows and hands to you.

比較像：樹上或灌木上掛著一顆甜甜的、熟了的東西——蘋果、桃子——裡面藏著種子。你伸手摘下來就能吃。fruit 就是植…更多收起比較像：樹上或灌木上掛著一顆甜甜的、熟了的東西——蘋果、桃子——裡面藏著種子。你伸手摘下來就能吃。fruit 就是植物長出來、送到你手上、可以吃的那個好東西。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'fructus' (produce, enjoyment, the yield you get) from 'frui' to enjoy or make use of. So fruit is at root 'what the plant yields for you to enjoy' — which is why the same word stretches to the fruits of your labour and all the earth's produce.

源自拉丁文 fructus（產出、享用、收成），來自 frui（享用、使用）。所以 fruit 骨子裡是「植物產出、給你享用的東西」——也正因為這樣，同一個字能延伸到努力的成果，以及大地一切的出產。

etymonline.com/word/fruit (Latin fructus < frui 'to enjoy'; earlier meant all products of the soil, and 'fruits of one's labour' preserves the classical sense)

From the picture

努力的成果

把「植物辛苦一整季才長出果實」這個畫面搬到人身上：你長期投入、耐心等待，最後收成的那份回報，就是你努力的 fruit。這正好呼應字源裡 fructus 的「收成、可享用的產出」。

fruit(s), result of hard work · noun · A1

The good results or rewards you get after working hard for a long time.

成果

大地的產物

把「果實=植物給我們的產出」放到最大：不只樹上的水果，而是大地供養我們的一切吃食。這其實很貼近 fruit 最古老的用法——早期它就泛指土地長出來的所有東西。

produce of the land · noun · A1

All the natural things the earth gives us, such as fruit, vegetables, and other foods from the land.

大地的產物

Also in this word

fruit (food) · noun · A1

A sweet food that grows on a tree, bush, or plant, has seeds inside, and can be eaten fresh.

水果

fruit (botanical term) · noun · A1

The part of a plant, bush, or tree that holds the seeds, in the way scientists use the word.

果實

bear fruit · verb · A1

To produce fruit.

結果實

原始詞典資料14 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。

Fruitname

  • 1

    A surname.

fruitnoun/fɹuːt/

  • 1

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically

    • [A]fter the flower is past commeth the fruit in long pods, every seede bunching out like the pods of Orobus and as bigge almost as the smaller Pease.
  • 2

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:

  • 3

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:

  • 4

    Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.

    • It’s true that agriculture at the time was organic, food was locally produced and there were no ultraprocessed foods. But fresh fruits and vegetables were in short supply because they were difficult to ship and because growing seasons were so short.
  • 5

    Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.

  • 6

    An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.

    • His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
    • He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.
  • 7

    Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.

    • fresh-squeezed fruit juice
    • a fruit salad
  • 8

    derogatorydatedA homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.

    • "Moishe just checked in," he said. "He's a panhandler and a fruit. A disgrace to the Jewish race."
    • I'm not talking to this twisted fruit anymore!
另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    derogatoryAn effeminate man.

  • 10

    archaicOffspring from a sexual union.

    • The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
    • fruit of one's loins
  • 11

    informalA crazy person.

fruitverb/fɹuːt/

  • 1

    To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

    • It may be said, however, that the percentage of green apples among the Fameuse seedlings is much less than among the others as out of 33 Fameuse seedlings which had fruited up to this year, none was green and we recollect but one light coloured Fameuse seedling fruiting this year.
    • For example, chanterelles and russulas can start fruiting in early to mid summer given sufficient moisture, but other species, such as matsutake, rarely fruit until temperatures cool in the autumn, even if moisture is available earlier.

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。