plum

英[plʌm] 美[plʌm]
  • n. 李子;梅子;洋李;紫红色
  • adj. 人所希望的;有利的;上等的
  • n. (Plum)人名;(德、西)普卢姆;(英)普拉姆

词态变化


复数: plums;

助记提示


1. prune <=====> plum (同源词,Change of pr- to pl- is peculiar to Germanic.)
2. 区别:plume, plum.

中文词源


plum 李子,梅子

来自古英语plume,李子,李子树,来自Proto-Germanic*prumon,李子,来自拉丁语prunum, 李子,词源同prune.字母r,l 音变,比较peregrinate,pilgrim.

英文词源


plum
plum: [OE] Plum and prune ‘dried plum’ are ultimately the same word. Their common ancestor was Greek proumnon, a word which originated somewhere in Asia Minor. This was later contracted to prounon, and borrowed into Latin as prōnum. Its plural prōna came to be regarded in post-classical times as a singular, and this is where English gets prune from, but prōna was also borrowed into prehistoric Germanic, and many of its descendants here have had their r changed to l (the two are close together phonetically) – hence German pflaume, Swedish plommon, and English plum.
=> prune
plum (n.)
Old English plume "plum, plum tree," from an early Germanic borrowing (Middle Dutch prume, Dutch pruim, Old High German pfluma, pfruma, German Pflaume) from Vulgar Latin *pruna, from Latin prunum "plum," from Greek prounon, later form of proumnon, of unknown origin, perhaps from an Asiatic language (Phrygian?). Also see prune (n.). Change of pr- to pl- is peculiar to Germanic. The vowel shortened in early modern English. Meaning "something desirable" is first recorded 1780, probably in reference to the sugar-rich bits of a plum pudding, etc.

双语例句


1. Laura landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.
劳拉在一家时尚画廊找到了份美差。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Italian plum tomatoes have a full flavour, and are best for cooking.
意大利李形番茄味道很重,最适合烹饪。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The plum season is about to begin.
快到吃李子的季节了。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She's landed a plum job at the BBC.
她在英国广播公司谋得称心如意的工作。

来自《权威词典》

5. The new job that he's got is a real plum.
他找到的这份新工作真是个美差.

来自《简明英汉词典》