- [countable]
a round fruit with soft red and yellow skin, that is yellow inside with a large rough seed 桃;桃子 a peach tree 桃树
- [singular] peach (of a…) (old-fashioned, informal)
a particularly good or attractive person or thing 极好的人(或物);特别漂亮的东西(或人) He’s a real peach. 他真是个美人。 That was a peach of a shot! 射得真棒!
- [uncountable]
a colour between pink and orange Topics Colours and Shapesc2桃红色;粉红色
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pesche, from medieval Latin persica, from Latin persicum (malum), literally ‘Persian apple’.