pineapple

noun
🔊/ˈpaɪnæpl/
🔊/ˈpaɪnæpl/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms
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  1. a large tropical fruit with thick rough skin and stiff leaves on top, that is sweet and yellow inside with a lot of juice 菠萝;凤梨
    • fresh pineapple新鲜菠萝
    • a tin of pineapple chunks一罐菠萝块
    • pineapple juice菠萝汁
    Topics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • canned
    • tinned
    • fresh
    pineapple + noun
    • chunks
    • rings
    • juice
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    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a pine cone): from the noun pine + apple. The word was applied to the fruit in the mid 17th cent., because of its resemblance to a pine cone.
Idioms
the rough end of the pineapple
  1. (Australian English, informal) a situation in which somebody is treated badly or unfairly受到不良(或不公平)对待的处境