chestnut
n.栗子；栗树；栗色
释义2：
chestnut
/ 5tFes7nQt , -nEt /
◙ noun1. (也作 sweet chestnut)a glossy hard brown edible nut, which may be roasted and eaten • 栗子 [mass noun] a deep reddish-brown colour• 深红棕色，栗色 a horse of a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour, with a brown mane and tail• 栗色马 a small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs• （马腿内侧的）胼胝2. (也作 chestnut tree, sweet chestnut，或 Spanish chestnut)the large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, which develops within a bristly case, with serrated leaves and heavy timber• 欧洲板栗树3. Castanea sativa, family Fagaceae• 拉丁名Castanea sativa，壳斗科 short for horse chestnut • horse chestnut 的简称• ［用于树名或植物名，这些树或植物与欧洲板栗有亲缘关系，或产类似坚果，或其可食部分与栗子相似，如water chestnut］【IDIOMS】
◘ an old chestnut1. 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 fire1. succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit• 为某人火中取栗，为他人冒风险【语源】
1. early 16th cent.: from Old English chesten (from Old French chastaine, via Latin from Greek kastanea) + nut
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