olive
n
1
(a) [C] small bitter oval fruit, green when unripe and black when ripe, used for food and for oil 橄榄
stuffed olives 有填充料的橄榄
put olives in a salad 在色拉中加入橄榄.
(b) (also `olive-tree) [C]
evergreen tree on which this fruit grows 橄榄树
a grove of olives 橄榄树园.
2 (also olive-green) [U]
yellowish-green colour of an unripe olive 橄榄色. olive, adj
1 yellowish-green 橄榄色的: olive paint 橄榄色颜料.
2 (of the complexion) yellowish-brown (指面色)黄褐色的
an olive skin 黄褐色的皮肤.
New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
纽约市建立在美国东海岸的一群岛屿上,那儿是好几条河流入海的交汇点。
On his arrival he was sold to a farmer and worked in the fields.
一到美国,他就被卖给了一个农场主,到地里干活。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.