- [countable]
a small soft round fruit with shiny red or black skin and a large seed inside 樱桃 see also black cherry (2)Topics Foodb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- black
- red
- glacé
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- bunch
- pit
- stone
- pie
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- (also cherry tree)[countable]
a tree on which cherries grow, or a similar tree, grown for its flowers 樱桃树;樱花树 cherry blossom 樱花 a winter-flowering cherry 冬季开花的樱桃树
- [uncountable]
the wood of the cherry tree see also black cherry (3)樱桃木 - (also cherry red)[uncountable]
a bright red colour 樱桃色;鲜红色 More Like This Colour compoundsColour compounds
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French cherise, from medieval Latin ceresia, based on Greek kerasos ‘cherry tree, cherry’. The final -s was lost because cherise was interpreted as plural (compare with pea).