• n. 櫻桃；櫻桃樹；如櫻桃的鮮紅色；處女膜，處女
• n. (Cherry)人名；(法、阿拉伯)謝里；(英)徹麗(女子教名Charity的昵稱)

來自拉丁詞cerasus,櫻桃，詞源同cerise。

cherry

cherry: [14] Cherry comes ultimately from Greek kerasós ‘cherry tree’, which in Latin became cerasus. This was borrowed into the Germanic languages in prehistoric times, producing, as well as German kirsche, Old English ciris ‘cherry’, which died out in the 11th century. In Vulgar Latin, meanwhile, cerasus had become ceresia, which passed into Old Northern French as cherise (source of modern French cerise). When it was borrowed into English, its -s ending was misinterpreted as indicating plurality, so a ‘new’ singular cherry was created.

cherry (n.)

c. 1300, earlier in surname Chyrimuth (1266, literally "Cherry-mouth"); from Anglo-French cherise, from Old North French cherise (Old French, Modern French cerise, 12c.), from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, from late Greek kerasian "cherry," from Greek kerasos "cherry tree," possibly from a language of Asia Minor. Mistaken in Middle English for a plural and stripped of its -s (compare pea).

Old English had ciris "cherry" from a West Germanic borrowing of the Vulgar Latin word (cognate with German Kirsch), but it died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French word. Meaning "maidenhead, virginity" is from 1889, U.S. slang, from supposed resemblance to the hymen, but perhaps also from the long-time use of cherries as a symbol of the fleeting quality of life's pleasures.

1. The cherry blossom came out early in Washington this year.

今年華盛頓的櫻花開得很早。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It's lovely in the spring when the cherry blossom is out.

春天櫻花開放,十分美麗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Mrs. Cherry seems altogether weighed down by her work plus parenthood.

徹里夫人似乎被她的工作和母親的責(zé)任累壞了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The boy made a switch from the branch of a cherry tree.

這個男孩用櫻桃樹枝做了一條鞭子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The cherry trees cast all their blossoms after the storm.

風(fēng)暴過后,櫻花全部落掉.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》