tangerine
tangerine — noun
- tangerinesingular
- tangerinesplural
1. a small round citrus fruit, similar to an orange but smaller, with a thin skin y
a small round citrus fruit, similar to an orange but smaller, with a thin skin you can pull off easily and segments inside.
Yuki packed two tangerines into her daughter's lunchbox every morning.
countable: two tangerines
The market stall in Taipei sold sweet tangerines for thirty dollars a bag.
collocation: sweet tangerines
Imran peeled a tangerine slowly and shared the segments with his grandmother.
Tangerines are usually easier to peel than oranges, so children love them.
After lunch, Mateo ate a tangerine and threw the bright skin into the compost bin.
- mandarin
broader category — tangerines are one type of mandarin
- clementine
another mandarin variety; usually seedless and slightly sweeter
- satsuma
Japanese mandarin variety; very loose skin, milder flavour
文法句型
a tangerine
peel a tangerine
用法筆記
Countable; usually eaten fresh and pulled apart by hand rather than cut with a knife.
常見錯誤
2. a strong reddish-orange colour, named after the fruit's bright skin and often us
a strong reddish-orange colour, named after the fruit's bright skin and often used to describe fabric, paint, or sunset light.
Sade chose tangerine for the kitchen walls because it felt warm in the morning light.
noun used as colour name after 'chose / paint'
The sunset over Bali turned the whole sky a soft tangerine.
collocation: a soft tangerine
Esme's new running jacket is a bright tangerine that drivers can see from far away.
Christopher mixed red and yellow paint until he got the exact tangerine he wanted.
- orange
broader colour term; tangerine is a specific reddish shade
- burnt orange
darker, more brownish; tangerine is brighter and clearer
文法句型
the colour tangerine
painted tangerine
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (the fruit): here the word names a colour and follows verbs like 'paint', 'choose', or 'turn'. Often appears with intensifiers like 'soft', 'bright', or 'deep'.
常見錯誤
tangerine — adjective
- tangerinepositive
- more tangerinecomparative
- most tangerinesuperlative
1. having a strong reddish-orange colour, like the skin of the fruit; often used fo
having a strong reddish-orange colour, like the skin of the fruit; often used for clothes, walls, sunsets, or anything visibly bright.
Rania wore a tangerine scarf to her sister's birthday party in Cairo.
attributive: a tangerine [noun]
The team's new football shirts are tangerine with black sleeves.
predicative: be tangerine
Nikos painted his old wooden door a deep tangerine to attract more customers.
By six o'clock the clouds above the harbour had turned a soft tangerine.
文法句型
a tangerine [noun]
be tangerine
用法筆記
Works both before a noun ('a tangerine scarf') and after 'be' ('the shirts are tangerine'). Often paired with 'bright', 'soft', or 'deep' to grade the strength of the colour.