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A small hard-fleshed fruit with a stone inside, green or black, salty and slightly bitter. Everything else the word does — the tree it grows on, the dull green of its skin, the phrases it sits inside — starts from this one small fruit.
可以想成：手心裡一顆蛋形的小果實，裡面有硬核，外皮是暗綠或黑色，吃起來鹹中帶一點苦。這個字其他的用法幾乎都是從這顆果…更多收起
可以想成：手心裡一顆蛋形的小果實，裡面有硬核，外皮是暗綠或黑色，吃起來鹹中帶一點苦。這個字其他的用法幾乎都是從這顆果實往外長的——長出它的樹、它那個顏色、還有它在地中海文化裡帶的含意。原始詞典資料22 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。
Olivename
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A female given name from English.
- And hear me swear a solemn oath, / That only by thy side / Will I to Olive plight my troth, / And gain her for my bride.
- "Elspie, I have a thought! The baby shall be christened Olive!" "It's a strange, heathen name, Mrs. Rothesay." "Not at all. Listen how I chanced to think of it. This very morning, just before you came to waken me, I had such a queer, delicious dream. [ - - - ] Then I looked up, after awhile, and saw standing at the foot of the bed a little angel—a child-angel—with a green olive-branch in its hand. [ - - - ] "
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A surname.
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rareA male given name from English.
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olivenoun/ˈɒ.lɪv/
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A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
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The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
- Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
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The wood of the olive tree.
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A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
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anatomymedicineneuroanatomyAn olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
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A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
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cookingfoodlifestyleA small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
- a beef olive
- olives of veal
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Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
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dialectalAn oystercatcher, a shore bird of genus Haematopus.
oliveadj/ˈɒ.lɪv/
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Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
- Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
- The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
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。