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a hazel + [noun]
hazel作形容词时，常用来描述眼睛颜色。
She has beautiful hazel eyes.
她有一双美丽的淡褐色眼睛。
榛树；榛木；淡褐色
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榛树；榛木；淡褐色
a tree or shrub that produces hazelnuts; the wood of such a tree; a light brown or greenish-brown color
She has beautiful hazel eyes.
她有一双美丽的淡褐色眼睛。
榛属的树或灌木,结出可食用的坚果,称为榛子或榛果。
A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
榛树的坚果
The nut of the hazel tree.
榛树的木材。
The wood of a hazelnut tree.
绿褐色,成熟榛子的颜色
A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
Her hazel eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
她淡褐色的眼睛在阳光下闪闪发光。
The hazel tree in the garden is full of nuts.
花园里的榛子树结满了坚果。
The walls were painted a soft hazel.
墙壁被刷成了柔和的淡褐色。
hazel作形容词时，常用来描述眼睛颜色。
She has beautiful hazel eyes.
她有一双美丽的淡褐色眼睛。
hazel作可数名词时指榛子，复数形式加-s。
The tree produced a handful of hazels.
这棵树结了一把榛子。
Not this
She has hazel nut eyes.
Use this
She has hazel eyes.
误将'hazel'（淡褐色的）与'hazelnut'（榛子）混淆，作为颜色形容词时直接用'hazel'即可，无需'nut'。
Not this
Her eyes are hazels.
Use this
Her eyes are hazel.
'hazel'作颜色形容词时无复数形式；作可数名词复数'hazels'指榛树/榛子，不表示颜色。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
榛树
The hazel tree in the garden is very old.
花园里的那棵榛树很老了。
榛子
She collected hazel nuts for the winter.
她收集榛子过冬。
淡褐色的眼睛
Her hazel eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
她那双淡褐色的眼睛在阳光下闪闪发光。
淡褐色
The walls were painted a soft hazel color.
墙壁被刷成柔和的淡褐色。
榛木
The table is made of solid hazel wood.
这张桌子是实心榛木做的。
榛树枝
He used a hazel branch to support the plant.
他用一根榛树枝支撑植物。
我叫海泽尔·格蕾丝·兰卡斯特。
In The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel is the brave teenage narrator.
在《星运里的错》中，海泽尔是一位勇敢的少女叙述者。
榛子，榛子，榛子，榛子……
Bob Dylan's song 'Hazel' repeats the word like a tender refrain.
鲍勃·迪伦的歌曲《Hazel》像温柔的副歌一样重复这个词。
Use hazel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想秋天的榛叶呈现淡褐色，hazel正是榛子和这种颜色的名称。
名词: register=neutral, typical settings=日常或书面语境，描述榛树、榛子或淡褐色；形容词: register=neutral, typical settings=描述颜色或木质，多见于书面或诗意表达。 note_zh: 两种词性均比较中性，通常用于一般描述，形容词多见于文学或具体产品描述。
作‘榛子’或‘榛树’时是可数名词；作‘淡褐色’时不可数。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.