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a kiwi
此用法中 kiwi 是可数名词，指猕猴桃这种水果；复数形式为 kiwis。
I had a kiwi after lunch.
午饭后我吃了一个猕猴桃。
猕猴桃
kiwis — plural of kiwi
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
猕猴桃
fuzzy brown fruit with green flesh
I had a kiwi after lunch.
午饭后我吃了一个猕猴桃。
A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
A kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa).
A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwifruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
I bought a ripe kiwi at the market this morning.
今天早上我在市场买了一个熟透的猕猴桃。
She added sliced kiwis to the fruit salad for a fresh, tangy taste.
她把切片的猕猴桃加进水果沙拉，带来清新酸甜的口感。
Would you like some kiwi with your yogurt?
你想在酸奶里加点猕猴桃吗？
此用法中 kiwi 是可数名词，指猕猴桃这种水果；复数形式为 kiwis。
I had a kiwi after lunch.
午饭后我吃了一个猕猴桃。
定冠词 the 与单数名词搭配，可用来表示整个物种。
The kiwi is a flightless bird found only in New Zealand.
几维鸟是一种只生活在新西兰的不会飞的鸟。
复数形式 kiwis 指多只几维鸟，也可泛指这类鸟。
Kiwis usually come out at night to look for food.
几维鸟通常在夜间出来觅食。
Not this
I like kiwi.
Use this
I like kiwis.
kiwi 是可数名词，表示“猕猴桃”这种水果时，若泛指喜欢这一类水果，需要用复数形式 kiwis；中文没有单复数之分，所以容易漏加 -s。
Not this
This juice tastes kiwi.
Use this
This juice tastes like kiwi.
taste 作系动词表示“尝起来”时，后面接形容词（如 tastes good）或 like + 名词（如 tastes like kiwi），不能直接把名词 kiwi 放在 taste 后面；这里要用 like 来引出“像猕猴桃的味道”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
猕猴桃
I had a kiwi fruit with my yogurt this morning.
今天早上我吃了一份猕猴桃配酸奶。
切猕猴桃
Slice a kiwi in half and scoop out the flesh.
把猕猴桃切成两半，舀出果肉。
成熟的猕猴桃
You can tell a ripe kiwi by its fragrance.
你可以通过香味判断猕猴桃是否成熟。
几维鸟
The kiwi bird is active at night.
几维鸟在夜间活动。
不会飞的几维鸟
The flightless kiwi is an endangered species.
这种不会飞的几维鸟是濒危物种。
金猕猴桃
Golden kiwi is sweeter than the green variety.
金猕猴桃比绿色猕猴桃更甜。
非常新西兰的；典型新西兰风格的
Getting together for a barbecue at the beach is kiwi as.
在海滩上烧烤聚会很有新西兰特色。
《Kiwi》
Harry Styles's hit song 'Kiwi' was released in 2017.
哈里·斯泰尔斯的热门歌曲《Kiwi》于 2017 年发行。
《几维鸟！》
In the animated short film 'Kiwi!', a flightless kiwi jumps off a cliff to fly.
在动画短片《几维鸟！》里，一只不会飞的几维鸟跳下悬崖想要飞翔。
Use kiwis naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：猕猴桃 kiwi 毛茸茸、绿瓤黑籽；新西兰国鸟几维鸟也毛茸茸，同名同国，看一眼鸟就想起果。
语域：neutral 常见场景：grocery shopping、recipes and cooking、health and nutrition 在表示猕猴桃时，kiwi 通常为中性常用词，口语和书面语均可；正式或说明性文体中，为避免与几维鸟混淆，也常用 kiwifruit。多用于食品、营养、购物等日常语境。
复数形式为 kiwis。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.