A fruit is the part of a plant that has seeds and flesh (edible covering). A fruit is normally sweet (or sometimes sour) and can be eaten in its raw (uncooked) state. Fruit are the way plants disseminate their seeds.
水果是有種子和果肉的植物的一部分。有的水果是甜的，有的是酸的，可以生吃。水果是植物傳播種子的方式。
Grammatically, do you say Fruit or Fruits? 到底加不加“S
The word Fruit is a noun. The word is an exception where the noun is both countable and uncountable. So the plural of Fruit can be either Fruit OR Fruits.
“Fruit”是個(gè)名詞。這個(gè)詞既是可數(shù)名詞也是不可數(shù)名詞。因此“Fruit”的復(fù)數(shù)可以是“Fruit”也可以是"Fruits"。
When we think of Fruit as a group collectively and in a non-specific way, then we tend to use the word Fruit (without S).
如果并不特指，而是看做一個(gè)整體，我們通常用“Fruit”。
If you are emphasising the different kinds of fruit, then you can use fruits.
如果你想強(qiáng)調(diào)水果的不同種類(lèi)，就可以用“fruits”。
• Would you like some fruit? 你想吃點(diǎn)水果嗎?
• There isn't much fresh fruit available in winter. 冬天沒(méi)有太多新鮮水果。
• The juice is made from a variety of fresh fruits. 果汁是用不同種類(lèi)的
• avocado - the plural is avocados though you may see avocadoes (less frequently). 牛油果—復(fù)數(shù)形式是avocados或avocadoes(少見(jiàn))
• boysenberry - is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry 博伊森莓—樹(shù)莓和黑莓的雜交品種
• kiwifruit - sometimes written as two words kiwi fruit. It has the same form in singular and plural kiwifruit.獼猴桃—有時(shí)寫(xiě)成兩個(gè)單詞kiwi fruit，單復(fù)數(shù)同形。
• lychee - sometimes called litchi in US English 荔枝—美國(guó)英語(yǔ)有時(shí)候也叫l(wèi)itchi。
• mango - the plural of mango can be either mangos or mangoes. 芒果—復(fù)數(shù)是mangos或mangoes。
• melon - the generic name for most types of melon 甜瓜—多數(shù)種類(lèi)甜瓜的統(tǒng)稱(chēng)
• nectarine - the same a peach but without fur on its skin 油桃—跟桃子一樣，但沒(méi)有毛
• papaya - In some countries it is called pawpaw. 木瓜—在一些國(guó)家叫做pawpaw。
• passion fruit - In United States it is written as two words while in some countries it is written as one word: passionfruit. The plural of passion fruit is either passion fruit or passion fruits.
百香果—在美國(guó)，通常寫(xiě)成兩個(gè)單詞passion fruit，但在其他一些國(guó)家，寫(xiě)成一個(gè)單詞passionfruit。復(fù)數(shù)是passion fruit或passion fruits。
• peach - same as a nectarine but with a slight fur on its skin 桃子—跟油桃一樣，但表皮有一些毛。
• banana 香蕉 • blackberry 黑莓 • blackcurrant 黑醋栗
• blueberry 藍(lán)莓 • cherry 櫻桃 • coconut 椰子
• fig 無(wú)花果 • grape 葡萄 • grapefruit 西柚
• lemon 檸檬 • lime 酸橙 • mandarin 柑橘
• orange 橘子 • pear 梨 • pomegranate 石榴
• pineapple 菠蘿 • plum 李子 • raspberry 樹(shù)莓
• quince 溫柏 • watermelon 西瓜 • strawberry 草莓
Fruits that people think are Vegetables 一些人們誤認(rèn)為是蔬菜的水果
The following are actually fruits in a botanical sense, though are commonly thought of as vegetables due to their culinary uses:
以下的幾個(gè)在植物學(xué)意義上是水果，但通常用于烹飪，人們認(rèn)為他們是蔬菜。
avocado, cucumber, eggplant, green beans, peppers, pumpkin, squash, tomato, zucchini 鱷梨，黃瓜，茄子，四季豆，辣椒，南瓜，南瓜，番茄，西葫蘆
Yes, that's right, the so called vegetables above are in reality fruit, not vegetables. 實(shí)際上，他們是水果，并不是蔬菜。
A piece of fruit
We often say a piece of fruit when we refer to one fruit (one apple, one orange etc) without specifying which one it is.
當(dāng)我們提到一個(gè)水果(一個(gè)蘋(píng)果、一個(gè)橘子等)，但并沒(méi)有具體指代哪個(gè)時(shí)，就可以說(shuō)a piece of fruit。
• She always has a piece of fruit with her breakfast. 她早餐通常會(huì)吃一個(gè)水果。
The fruit of something
The fruit (or fruits) of something is an expression which means the good results that you obtain from something such as hard work.
The fruit of something的含義是從某件事(如努力工作)中獲得的好的結(jié)果。
• The award he received is the fruit of his hard work and always trying to do his best.
這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是他努力工作合總是盡努力的結(jié)果。
水果是有種子和果肉的植物的一部分。有的水果是甜的，有的是酸的，可以生吃。水果是植物傳播種子的方式。
Grammatically, do you say Fruit or Fruits? 到底加不加“S
The word Fruit is a noun. The word is an exception where the noun is both countable and uncountable. So the plural of Fruit can be either Fruit OR Fruits.
“Fruit”是個(gè)名詞。這個(gè)詞既是可數(shù)名詞也是不可數(shù)名詞。因此“Fruit”的復(fù)數(shù)可以是“Fruit”也可以是"Fruits"。
When we think of Fruit as a group collectively and in a non-specific way, then we tend to use the word Fruit (without S).
如果并不特指，而是看做一個(gè)整體，我們通常用“Fruit”。
If you are emphasising the different kinds of fruit, then you can use fruits.
如果你想強(qiáng)調(diào)水果的不同種類(lèi)，就可以用“fruits”。
• Would you like some fruit? 你想吃點(diǎn)水果嗎?
• There isn't much fresh fruit available in winter. 冬天沒(méi)有太多新鮮水果。
• The juice is made from a variety of fresh fruits. 果汁是用不同種類(lèi)的
• avocado - the plural is avocados though you may see avocadoes (less frequently). 牛油果—復(fù)數(shù)形式是avocados或avocadoes(少見(jiàn))
• boysenberry - is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry 博伊森莓—樹(shù)莓和黑莓的雜交品種
• kiwifruit - sometimes written as two words kiwi fruit. It has the same form in singular and plural kiwifruit.獼猴桃—有時(shí)寫(xiě)成兩個(gè)單詞kiwi fruit，單復(fù)數(shù)同形。
• lychee - sometimes called litchi in US English 荔枝—美國(guó)英語(yǔ)有時(shí)候也叫l(wèi)itchi。
• mango - the plural of mango can be either mangos or mangoes. 芒果—復(fù)數(shù)是mangos或mangoes。
• melon - the generic name for most types of melon 甜瓜—多數(shù)種類(lèi)甜瓜的統(tǒng)稱(chēng)
• nectarine - the same a peach but without fur on its skin 油桃—跟桃子一樣，但沒(méi)有毛
• papaya - In some countries it is called pawpaw. 木瓜—在一些國(guó)家叫做pawpaw。
• passion fruit - In United States it is written as two words while in some countries it is written as one word: passionfruit. The plural of passion fruit is either passion fruit or passion fruits.
百香果—在美國(guó)，通常寫(xiě)成兩個(gè)單詞passion fruit，但在其他一些國(guó)家，寫(xiě)成一個(gè)單詞passionfruit。復(fù)數(shù)是passion fruit或passion fruits。
• peach - same as a nectarine but with a slight fur on its skin 桃子—跟油桃一樣，但表皮有一些毛。
• banana 香蕉 • blackberry 黑莓 • blackcurrant 黑醋栗
• blueberry 藍(lán)莓 • cherry 櫻桃 • coconut 椰子
• fig 無(wú)花果 • grape 葡萄 • grapefruit 西柚
• lemon 檸檬 • lime 酸橙 • mandarin 柑橘
• orange 橘子 • pear 梨 • pomegranate 石榴
• pineapple 菠蘿 • plum 李子 • raspberry 樹(shù)莓
• quince 溫柏 • watermelon 西瓜 • strawberry 草莓
Fruits that people think are Vegetables 一些人們誤認(rèn)為是蔬菜的水果
The following are actually fruits in a botanical sense, though are commonly thought of as vegetables due to their culinary uses:
以下的幾個(gè)在植物學(xué)意義上是水果，但通常用于烹飪，人們認(rèn)為他們是蔬菜。
avocado, cucumber, eggplant, green beans, peppers, pumpkin, squash, tomato, zucchini 鱷梨，黃瓜，茄子，四季豆，辣椒，南瓜，南瓜，番茄，西葫蘆
Yes, that's right, the so called vegetables above are in reality fruit, not vegetables. 實(shí)際上，他們是水果，并不是蔬菜。
A piece of fruit
We often say a piece of fruit when we refer to one fruit (one apple, one orange etc) without specifying which one it is.
當(dāng)我們提到一個(gè)水果(一個(gè)蘋(píng)果、一個(gè)橘子等)，但并沒(méi)有具體指代哪個(gè)時(shí)，就可以說(shuō)a piece of fruit。
• She always has a piece of fruit with her breakfast. 她早餐通常會(huì)吃一個(gè)水果。
The fruit of something
The fruit (or fruits) of something is an expression which means the good results that you obtain from something such as hard work.
The fruit of something的含義是從某件事(如努力工作)中獲得的好的結(jié)果。
• The award he received is the fruit of his hard work and always trying to do his best.
這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是他努力工作合總是盡努力的結(jié)果。