peach

英 [pi?t?] 美[pit?]

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復數:?peaches;第三人稱單數:?peaches;過去式:?peached;過去分詞:?peached;現在分詞:?peaching;

peach 桃子

來自古法語pesche,來自拉丁語pessica,來自persica拼寫變體，縮寫自malum Persicum,翻譯自希臘語Persikon malon,波斯蘋果，詞源同Persian.該水果原產于中國，約公元前300年從波斯進入希臘因而稱為波斯蘋果。

peach: peach: [14] Etymologically, the peach is the ‘Persian’ fruit. The word comes via Old French peche from medieval Latin persica, an alteration of an earlier persicum ‘peach’. This was short for mālum Persicum, literally ‘Persian apple’, reflecting the fact that the peach, a native of China, first became widely known in Europe when it had reached Persia on its westward journey.
peach (n.): c. 1400 (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French pesche "peach, peach tree" (Old North French peske, Modern French pêche), and directly from Medieval Latin pesca, from Late Latin pessica, variant of persica "peach, peach tree," from Latin malum Persicum, literally "Persian apple," translating Greek Persikon malon, from Persis "Persia" (see Persian).

In ancient Greek Persikos could mean "Persian" or "the peach." The tree is native to China, but reached Europe via Persia. By 1663 William Penn observed peaches in cultivation on American plantations. Meaning "attractive woman" is attested from 1754; that of "good person" is from 1904. Peaches and cream in reference to a type of complexion is from 1901. Peach blossom as a color is from 1702. Georgia has been the Peach State since 1939.
peach (v.): "to inform against," 1560s (earlier "to accuse, indict, bring to trial," mid-15c.), a shortening of appeach, an obsolete variant of impeach. Related: Peached; peaching.

1. The following summer the peach tree was laden with fruit.: 第二年夏天桃樹就結滿了桃子。