first fruits

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering plural,plural-only
    — And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident.
  2. The first profits from an undertaking plural,plural-only

词形变化

first-fruits alternative firstfruits alternative

词源

From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits.
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