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a mandarin
Mandarin表示橘子时是可数名词，单数需用冠词a/an。
She bought a mandarin for me.
她给我买了一个橘子。
柑橘；橘子
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柑橘；橘子
mandarin orange
She bought a mandarin for me.
她给我买了一个橘子。
此处指柑橘的果实或树，不是‘普通话/官话’。
迂腐或精英主义的官僚。
A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
柑橘的省略形式。
Ellipsis of mandarin orange:
一种灌木或小树,果实扁圆,果肉甜美芳香,果皮薄且易剥,原产于东南亚
shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
1950年代流行的中国人活动头小雕像。
A figurine of a Chinese person with movable head that was popular in the 1950s. (Cf. bobblehead.)
I bought a bag of mandarins at the market because they are sweet and easy to peel.
我在市场上买了一袋橘子，因为它们很甜而且容易剥皮。
Peel the mandarin and separate the segments before adding them to the salad.
把橘子剥皮并分离成瓣，然后再加入沙拉。
The mandarin tree in our garden produces a lot of fruit in late autumn.
我们花园里的橘子树在深秋结了很多果实。
Mandarin表示橘子时是可数名词，单数需用冠词a/an。
She bought a mandarin for me.
她给我买了一个橘子。
复数形式在词尾加-s，表示多个。
He peeled two mandarins and shared them.
他剥了两个橘子并分享了。
Mandarin可以作定语修饰名词，构成复合名词。
This is my favorite mandarin tea.
这是我最喜欢的橘子茶。
Not this
I bought mandarin at the market.
Use this
I bought mandarins at the market.
mandarin 是可数名词，不能像中文“橘子”那样不加复数标记就表示多个；这里泛指多个橘子，应该用复数形式 mandarins。
Not this
I ate mandarin for breakfast.
Use this
I ate a mandarin for breakfast.
mandarin 是可数名词单数，前面需要冠词 a/an，不能说 I ate mandarin，加上 a 后才符合英语单数可数名词的用法。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
柑橘；蜜橘
She peeled a mandarin orange for the children.
她为孩子们剥了一个蜜橘。
柑橘皮
Grate some mandarin peel to flavor the cake.
刮一些柑橘皮给蛋糕调味。
柑橘瓣
He added mandarin segments to the fruit salad.
他在水果沙拉里加了柑橘瓣。
柑橘汁
Add a little mandarin juice to the salad dressing.
往沙拉酱里加一点柑橘汁。
柑橘罐头
I bought canned mandarins for the trifle.
我买了柑橘罐头做水果蛋糕。
柑橘树
A small mandarin tree grows in their garden.
他们花园里长着一棵小柑橘树。
Use mandarin naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一位名叫曼达林的老师，他用官话讲课：mandarin = 官话。
语域：neutral 常见场景：水果/食材、购物/烹饪 这里指柑橘类水果，属于日常中性用词，多用于超市、菜谱或谈论饮食的场合。
指柑橘或橘树；复数形式为 mandarins。
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