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a prickly pear
prickly pear 作为可数名词，指仙人掌的果实。
I bought a prickly pear.
我买了一个仙人掌果。
仙人掌属植物
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
仙人掌属植物
A spiny cactus of the genus Opuntia.
I bought a prickly pear.
我买了一个仙人掌果。
仙人掌属的各种多刺仙人掌。
Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
此类植物的果实,通常可食用。
The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.
I bought a prickly pear at the market and made juice from it.
我在市场买了一个仙人掌果，用它做了果汁。
The prickly pear cactus is common in arid regions.
仙人掌在干旱地区很常见。
We harvested prickly pears from the garden last autumn.
去年秋天我们从花园里采摘了仙人掌果。
prickly pear 作为可数名词，指仙人掌的果实。
I bought a prickly pear.
我买了一个仙人掌果。
The prickly pear cactus is common in deserts.
仙人掌在沙漠中很常见。
We eat prickly pear in salads.
我们吃仙人掌果沙拉。
Not this
I like prickly pear very much.
Use this
I like prickly pears very much.
在英语中，prickly pear（仙人掌果）是可数名词，表示泛指时应使用复数形式，而中文的‘仙人掌’无单复数变化，学习者容易忽略复数标记。
Not this
I bought a pear from the market. It was orange and had spikes.
Use this
I bought a prickly pear from the market. It was orange and had spikes.
学习者可能将prickly pear误译为‘梨’，而实际上仙人掌果与普通梨不同，应使用全称prickly pear以避免歧义。
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可数名词，指仙人掌的果实。
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。
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