coco
coco — noun
1. a tall tropical palm tree that produces large, hard fruits called coconuts, wide
a tall tropical palm tree that produces large, hard fruits called coconuts, widely grown in warm coastal regions around the world.
The Watanabe family planted three coco palms along the beach to shade their guests.
collocation: coco palm / coco tree
Daichi climbed the tall coco tree to harvest the ripe coconuts for the village festival.
Farmers in the Philippines sell the dried meat and oil from their coco palms at the weekly town market.
A single coco tree can produce more than fifty coconuts in one harvest season.
In many Pacific islands, families weave the large leaves of the coco palm into roofs for their beachside huts.
- coconut palm
the most common everyday term for this tree; coco is a shortened form used in farming and trade
- coconut tree
more general than 'palm' and includes the image of the whole tree, not just the palm family
用法筆記
Coco is less common than 'coconut palm' or 'coconut tree' in everyday English; it appears most often in agricultural or botanical contexts.
常見錯誤
2. a major river in northern Nicaragua, about 724 kilometres long, that flows north
a major river in northern Nicaragua, about 724 kilometres long, that flows northeast into the Caribbean Sea and forms part of the border between Nicaragua and Honduras.
The Coco River forms the natural border between Nicaragua and Honduras for hundreds of kilometres.
proper noun: the Coco River + verb of location
Small boats carry supplies along the Coco River to communities in the rainforest.
Local communities use the Coco River as their main route for moving goods between villages.
The Coco River reaches the Caribbean Sea near the town of Cabo Gracias a Dios.
用法筆記
Always capitalised as 'Coco River' when referring to this specific waterway. The word 'coco' alone (uncapitalised) refers to the tree in sense 1.