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A kiwi is a small, brown, egg-shaped fruit with fuzzy skin and bright green flesh inside. It's also the name of a flightless bird from New Zealand with a long . Because of that, 'Kiwi' (with a capital K) is also an informal nickname for a person from New Zealand.
奇異果;奇異鳥;(口語,大寫)紐西蘭人
組成From the Maori name for the bird, likely copying the sound of its call - the fruit was later named after the bird because of its brown, fuzzy skin.
原始詞典資料13 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。
Kiwinoun/ˈkiːwi/
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informalA New Zealander.
- A blokart (say blow-cart) plays to the penchant that Kiwis and Aussies have for pushing the limits in search of fun. It’s a ground-hugging, tricyclelike combination of aluminum tubing and rubber wheels with a steering wheel and a sail.
- Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China. Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a "proud Kiwi".
Kiwiadj/ˈkiːwi/
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informalOf or from New Zealand.
- The two Kiwi brothers who spent time in a Thailand prison after allegedly wrestling an officer to the ground and taking his gun, have returned to New Zealand.
Kiwiname/ˈkiːwi/
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A rural locality in Tasman district, New Zealand.
- At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson, eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.
kiwinoun詞源 1/ˈkiːwi/
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A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
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informalA New Zealand dollar.
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A kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa).
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A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwifruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA member of the air force who does not fly.
- And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]
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slangA testicle.
- Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)
kiwinoun詞源 2/ˈkiːwi/
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsAny kind of black shoe polish.
kiwiverb詞源 2/ˈkiːwi/
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsTo polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
- Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection. Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth? Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]
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。