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a plum
用不定冠词a表示一个李子。
I ate a plum.
我吃了一个李子。
李子
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李子
any of several trees that produce edible oval fruit with smooth skin and a hard stone inside
I ate a plum.
我吃了一个李子。
果实及其树。
The fruit and its tree.
结出可食用椭圆形果实的树,果实有光滑的表皮和单个硬核
any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
引申义。
Extended senses.
多种小到中等大小的圆形或椭圆形果实,具有光滑的表皮和单个果核
any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
She picked a ripe plum from the tree and ate it.
她从树上摘了一个成熟的李子并吃了它。
AI contextual example
The recipe calls for three plums, chopped finely.
食谱需要三个李子，切碎。
AI contextual example
This plum is sour, so I added some sugar.
这个李子很酸，所以我加了一些糖。
AI contextual example
a political plum
一个政治美差。
WordNet
用不定冠词a表示一个李子。
I ate a plum.
我吃了一个李子。
复数形式泛指李子。
Plums are delicious.
李子很好吃。
plum作定语修饰名词，表示用李子制成的。
We had plum cake for dessert.
我们甜点吃了李子蛋糕。
Not this
I ate a lot of plum.
Use this
I ate a lot of plums.
中文中李子可泛指，但英文中要用复数表示多个李子。
Not this
I bought some prunes to eat fresh.
Use this
I bought some plums to eat fresh.
Prune 指李子干，而新鲜水果应使用 plum。
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李子树
The plum tree in our backyard produces abundant fruit every summer.
我们后院的李子树每年夏天都结很多果实。
梅花
Plum blossoms are a symbol of resilience in East Asian art.
梅花在东亚艺术中是坚韧的象征。
摘李子
We went to the orchard to pick plums for making jam.
我们去果园摘李子做果酱。
成熟的李子
She bit into a ripe plum and its sweet juice ran down her chin.
她咬了一口成熟的李子，甜果汁顺着下巴流下。
李子酱
Homemade plum jam tastes much better than store-bought.
自制李子酱比商店买的好吃得多。
李子蛋糕
For dessert, we had a warm plum cake with vanilla ice cream.
甜点我们吃了温热的李子蛋糕配香草冰淇淋。
美差，肥缺
He landed a plum job as a software engineer at a top company.
他得到了一份在一家顶级公司当软件工程师的美差。
令人垂涎的角色
She won the plum role of the princess in the school play.
她在学校戏剧中赢得了公主的令人垂涎的角色。
好任务，优差
The reporter was given the plum assignment of covering the Olympics.
这位记者被分配了报道奥运会的好差事。
我吃了冰箱里的李子。
She gave me a ripe plum.
她给了我一个熟透的李子。
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plum（李子）联想 plump（丰满），果实饱满多汁。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常饮食、园艺、烹饪 通常用于日常口语和书面语，常见于饮食、园艺等场景，属于通用词汇。
可数名词；复数形式为plums
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