olive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ol·ive /ˈɒləv $ ˈɑː-/ ●●○ noun 1. [countable] a small bitter egg-shaped black or green fruit, used as food and for making oil 橄榄2 [countable] (also olive tree)HBP a tree that produces olives, grown especially in Mediterranean countries 橄榄树 an olive grove 一片橄榄树林3. DCBCC[uncountable] (also olive green) a deep yellowish green colour 橄榄绿4. olive skin/complexion DCBCCskin colour that is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey 橄榄色的皮肤/肤色5. extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to somebody) ARGUEto do or say something in order to show that you want to end an argument with someone (向某人)伸出橄榄枝〔表示愿意和解〕 —olive adjective an olive sweatshirt 一件橄榄绿的长袖运动衫
Examples from the Corpus
olive• Stir in zucchini, garbanzo beans, olives, salt and pepper.• Add black olives and tomatoes and simmer sauce vigorously for 4 to 5 minutes to intensify.• Greek black olives• It is delicious in salads of onion, tomato and juicy black olives, sprinkled with fresh oregano.• Lunch was a collation of local salami, black olives, spring onions and dark soft rye-bread.• Just taste those black olives, and the feta.• The luncheon table in the little cottage was spread with cheese, olives, sardines and bread.• This is easily remedied, but a new olive may be required.olive grove• His island, she mused, as she drove through almond and olive groves.• In minutes you can leave the sea for chestnut trees and olive groves.• These men also have olive groves and cold-press their own virgin oil.• And what about the olive grove at Spello?• Out among the olive groves and white-washed villages, or in the streets and galleries, you realise how little has changed.• Below the olive groves, sloping fields produce lush vines and the valleys are full of sunflowers, tomatoes and maize.• On a rocky unmade track through the olive groves, we might have strayed through a time warp into a Biblical landscape.• Situated on the eastern shore of the lake with a backdrop of terraced vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees.Origin olive (1100-1200) Old French Latin oliva, from Greek elaiaol·ive nounChineseSyllable
Corpus black small a bitter or egg-shaped
olive
ol‧ive /ˈɒləv, ˈɒlɪv $ ˈɑː-/
noun
2. [countable] (also olive tree) a tree that produces olives, grown especially in Mediterranean countries:
an olive grove
3. [uncountable] (also olive green) a deep yellowish green colour
4. olive skin/complexion skin colour that is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey
5. extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to somebody) to do or say something in order to show that you want to end an argument with someone
—olive adjective:
an olive sweatshirt
ol‧ive /ˈɒləv, ˈɒlɪv $ ˈɑː-/
noun Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin oliva, from Greek elaia
1. [countable] a small bitter egg-shaped black or green fruit, used as food and for making oilLanguage: Old French
Origin: Latin oliva, from Greek elaia
2. [countable] (also olive tree) a tree that produces olives, grown especially in Mediterranean countries:
3. [uncountable] (also olive green) a deep yellowish green colour
4. olive skin/complexion skin colour that is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey
5. extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to somebody) to do or say something in order to show that you want to end an argument with someone
—olive adjective:
Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期
be born and raised/bred in Oxford;be born into a wealthy/middle-class family在牛津出生并长大；在富裕／中产家庭出生 have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood有幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年 grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场 be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)是独生子 reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty进入／经历青春期 be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁 undergo/experience physical/psychological changes经历生理／心理变化 give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure屈服于／顶住同辈的压力 assert your independence/individuality维护独立／个性
Adulthood 成年
leave school/university/home中学／大学毕业；离家 go out to work (at sixteen)（16 岁）投身工作 get/find a job/partner找到工作／伴侣 be/get engaged/married订婚；结婚 have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作 settle down and have kids/children/a family安定下来并生儿育女 begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯 prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人人生／某人职业生涯的转折点 reach/be well into/settle into middle age进入／安度中年 have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis经历中年危机 take/consider early retirement提前退休；考虑提前退休 approach/announce/enjoy your retirement临近／宣布／享受退休
Old age 老年
have/see/spend time with your grandchildren有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光 take up/pursue/develop a hobby开始／追求／培养一种爱好 get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活 approach/save for/die from old age临近晚年；存钱养老；老死 live to a ripe old age高寿 reach the grand old age of 102/23( often
活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） be/become/be getting/be going senile( often
变得衰老（常作反语） die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness在睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世