tangerine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
    — As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.
  2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
    — The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.
  3. A tree that produces tangerines.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

词形变化

tangerines plural

词源

词源 1
From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.
词源 2
From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.
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