persimmon

IPA/pəˈsɪmən/
IPA/pərˈsɪmən/

persimmon — 名詞

  • persimmonsingular
  • persimmonsplural

1. a sweet, orange-coloured fruit that grows on trees and becomes soft and ready to

1.名詞A2
釋義

柿子

甜美的橙色水果

a sweet, orange-coloured fruit that grows on trees and becomes soft and ready to eat when fully ripe

例句

Nkechi peeled a ripe persimmon and sliced it into her morning oatmeal.

Nkechi 將一顆熟透的柿子剝皮，切片放進她的早晨燕麥粥裡。

collocation: ripe persimmon; verb: peel a persimmon

Eri brought a bag of soft persimmons to share with her coworkers at the office.

Eri 帶了一袋軟柿子到辦公室，跟同事們一起分享。

collocation: soft persimmon

同義詞
  • kaki

    Japanese name for the same fruit, sometimes used in English for the specific Asian variety

  • sharon fruit

    a marketing name for the non-astringent variety, usually seedless

文法句型

adjective + persimmon

persimmon(s) + verb

用法筆記

An unripe persimmon is very astringent and tastes bitter — wait until the fruit is fully soft before eating.

常見錯誤

❌I bit into a hard persimmon and it was delicious.
✅I bit into a soft persimmon and it was delicious.
💡Unripe persimmons are very bitter and astringent, not sweet.

2. a tree in the same plant group as ebony that produces persimmons; it has oval le

2.名詞B1
釋義

柿子樹

結柿子的落葉喬木

a tree in the same plant group as ebony that produces persimmons; it has oval leaves and hard, close-grained wood

例句

Ezra planted a young persimmon tree in a sunny corner of his garden last spring.

Ezra 去年春天在花園裡一個陽光充足的角落種了一棵小柿子樹。

collocation: persimmon tree; verb: plant a [fruit] tree

The old persimmon tree behind Aaron's house dropped fruit all over the lawn in October.

Aaron 家後院那棵老柿子樹，每年十月果實掉得滿草坪都是。

collocation: old persimmon tree

同義詞
  • Diospyros

    the scientific genus name for persimmon trees, rarely used in everyday English

文法句型

persimmon tree + verb

adjective + persimmon tree

用法筆記

The wood of the persimmon tree is hard and fine-textured, sometimes used in woodworking and for making golf club heads.