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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
cherry
cherry [cherry cherries] noun, adjective BrE [ˈtʃeri] NAmE [ˈtʃeri]
noun  (pl. cherries)
1. countable a small soft round fruit with shiny red or black skin and a large seed inside
2. (also ˈcherry tree)countable a tree on which cherries grow, or a similar tree, grown for its flowers
•cherry blossom
•a winter-flowering cherry
3. (also cherry·wood BrE [ˈtʃeriwʊd] ; NAmE [ˈtʃeriwʊd] )uncountable the wood of the cherry tree
4. (also ˌcherry ˈred)uncountable a bright red colour
see a bite at/of the cherry at ↑bite n.
Word Origin:
Middle 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).
adjective (also ˌcherry ˈred)
bright red in colour
•cherry lips
Word Origin:
Middle 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).
See also: ↑cherry tree ▪ ↑cherrywood
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