a round fruit with shiny red or green skin that is fairly hard and white inside 苹果 
Peel and core the apples. 将这些苹果削皮、去核儿。 an apple pie 苹果馅饼 apple sauce/juice 苹果酱/果汁 a garden with three apple trees 有三棵苹果树的花园 I took a bite of the apple. 我咬了一口苹果。
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a little tart. 往炖的苹果里加点儿糖 － 它还是有点儿酸。 He just sat there munching on an apple. 他只是坐在那儿，使劲地嚼着苹果。 The apples were all bruised after being dropped on the floor. 苹果掉到地上后都碰伤了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sweet
- sharp
- sour
- …
- bite into
- eat
- munch
- …
- crisp
- crumble
- pie
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Word OriginOld English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel.
Idioms
the apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the tree
- (saying, especially North American English)
a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s) 有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女；上行下效
the apple of somebody’s eye
a person or thing that is loved more than any other 心肝宝贝；掌上明珠 She is the apple of her father's eye. 她是父亲的掌上明珠。
apples and oranges
- (especially North American English)
used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other 苹果橘子两码事；截然不同
as American as apple pie
used to say that something is typical of America 典型美国式的；地道美国式的
a bad/rotten apple
one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group 带来恶劣影响的人；害群之马