cherry
noun/ˈtʃeri/
(plural cherries)
Слово англійською: cherry
Переклад cherry українською: вишня
Детальний опис
- [countable] a small soft round fruit with shiny red or black skin and a large seed inside see also black cherry (2)
- (also cherry tree)[countable] a tree on which cherries grow, or a similar tree, grown for its flowers
- cherry blossom
- a winter-flowering cherry
- (also cherrywood/ˈtʃeriwʊd/)
(also cherry red)
[uncountable] a bright red colourMore Like This Colour compoundsColour compounds
- baby blue
- china-blue
- cobalt blue
- electric blue
- ice-blue
- midnight blue
- navy blue
- peacock blue
- petrol blue
- powder blue
- royal blue
- sky-blue
- blood-red
- cherry red
- pillar-box red
- wine red
- bottle-green
- emerald green
- jade green
- lime green
- olive-green
- pea-green
- sea-green
- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- coal-black
- jet black
- pitch-black
- charcoal grey
- iron-grey
- slate-grey
- rose pink
- salmon pink
- shocking pink
- nut-brown
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).
Idioms
a bite at/of the cherry
- (British English) an opportunity to do something
- You only get one bite at the cherry in life.
- They were eager for a second bite of the cherry.