Word · Frequency #2446
apple
使…看起来像苹果
to make something look like an apple
及物用法
- 1.
To make (something) appear like an apple (noun sense 1.1).
使(某物)看起来像苹果
- 2.
To become like an apple.
变得像苹果
变得像苹果；使(某物)看起来像苹果
In use
She appled the cake by adding a red glaze and a small green leaf on top.
The art student is appling the clay into a shiny red fruit for her project.
The clouds appled into rosy round shapes during the sunset.
apple something
及物用法，后接宾语，表示把某物变得像苹果。
The chef appled the dough into a small apple.
厨师把面团捏成了一个小苹果。
apple (no object)
不及物用法，不接宾语，表示自身变得像苹果。
The green fruit slowly appled as it ripened.
绿色的水果在成熟过程中慢慢地变得像苹果。
Verb forms
base apple · third person apples · -ing appling · past appled · past participle appled
该动词由名词 apple 转化而来，意思是“使……看起来像苹果”或“变成苹果的样子”。
Connections
Idioms & figurative uses
- the apple of someone's eye
- 掌上明珠；极珍爱的人或物His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye.他最小的女儿是他的掌上明珠。
- a bad apple
- 害群之马；坏家伙One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel.一个坏苹果会毁掉整桶苹果，一个坏人会影响整个群体。
- apples and oranges
- 截然不同的事物，没有可比性Comparing his job to mine is like comparing apples and oranges.把他的工作和我的相比，就像拿苹果和橙子比，截然不同。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象给物体施魔法，让它变成红苹果的样子：apple 作动词就是‘使像苹果’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学描写、幽默表达 该动词很少见，比较常见于文学性描写或轻松幽默的临时造词；正式写作中通常不会用到，使用前建议结合具体语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 apple 押韵的词：grapple、dapple。拼写相似的形近词发音不同：cripple /ˈkrɪpəl/、people /ˈpiːpəl/、purple /ˈpɜːrpəl/、staple /ˈsteɪpəl/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.