chestnut是什么意思

chestnut

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复数：chestnuts;

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an old chestnut
a joke, story, or subject that has become tedious and uninteresting because of its age and constant repetition 陈腐的笑话；老掉牙的故事；陈旧乏味的题材
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit 为某人火中取栗，为他人冒风险

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

栗子树

A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
N-COUNT

栗子

Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts.
COLOUR

栗色;红棕色

Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour.
例句
...a woman with chestnut hair. 栗色头发的女子 ...a chestnut mare. 枣红色母马
PHRASE

老掉牙的话(或故事、笑话);老一套

If you refer to a statement, a story, or a joke as an old chestnut or a hoary chestnut, you mean that it has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting.
例句
...that old chestnut, the war between man and machines. 又是老掉牙的故事：人机大战

英汉词典释义

英英词典释义

Noun
1. wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
2. any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
3. edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
4. a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
5. a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
Adjective
1. used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color;
"a chestnut horse""chestnut hair"

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