plum
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++plum1 /plʌm/ ●●○ noun 1 
[countable]DFFHBP a small round juicy fruit which is dark red, purple, or yellow and has a single hard seed, or the tree that produces this fruit 李子；梅子；李树 juicy ripe plums 多汁的成熟李子 →5 see picture at 见图 fruit12. [uncountable]CC a dark purple-red colour 深紫红色3 [countable] informal something very good that other people wish they had, such as a good job or a part in a play 令人垂涎的事物〔如称心如意的工作、戏剧角色等〕 The first job I had was a real plum. 我的第一份工作非常称心。 → plum pudding
[countable]DFFHBP a small round juicy fruit which is dark red, purple, or yellow and has a single hard seed, or the tree that produces this fruit 李子；梅子；李树 juicy ripe plums 多汁的成熟李子 →5 see picture at 见图 fruit12. [uncountable]CC a dark purple-red colour 深紫红色3 [countable] informal something very good that other people wish they had, such as a good job or a part in a play 令人垂涎的事物〔如称心如意的工作、戏剧角色等〕 The first job I had was a real plum. 我的第一份工作非常称心。 → plum puddingExamples from the Corpus
plum• The contract is a plum for Browning and Co.• Rosy pinks, rich coppers and deep plums are the big fashion news.• Either plums or blackberries, not both.• If plums are difficult to find or not.• All varieties of plum, apple, and pear trees, grew in unison.• She walked across the scuffed floors toward the cupboard and pulled out several packages of tamarind candy and salted plums.• An image that captures the dichotomy of possibilities in getting older is the plum versus the prune.• He said that wild plums were delicious.plum2 adjective 1 plum job/role/assignment etc informalJOB/WORK a good job etc that other people wish they had 令人垂涎的工作/角色/差事等 He landed a plum role in a TV mini-series. 他在一部电视短剧中得到一个人人都向往的角色。2. CChaving a dark purple-red colour 深紫红色的Examples from the Corpus
plum• For me, it was a plum assignment.• And he will be rewarded with a plum chairmanship, probably the Environment and Public Works Committee.• Neither Zeckendorf nor Soderberg dared to believe that such a plum deal would come to them, but they started discussions anyway.• The good news was he had landed a plum job on the mortgage trading desk.Origin plum1 Old English plume, from Latin prunum; → PRUNE2plum1 nounplum2 adjectiveChinese
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plum
plum1 /plʌm/ 
noun
1. [countable] a small round juicy fruit which is dark red, purple, or yellow and has a single hard seed, or the tree that produces this fruit:
juicy ripe plums
2. [uncountable] a dark purple-red colour
3. [countable] informal something very good that other people wish they had, such as a good job or a part in a play:
The first job I had was a real plum.
⇨ plum pudding
plum2 adjective
1. plum job/role/assignment etc informal a good job etc that other people wish they had:
He landed a plum role in a TV mini-series.
2. having a dark purple-red colour
| I |
noun1. [countable] a small round juicy fruit which is dark red, purple, or yellow and has a single hard seed, or the tree that produces this fruit:
2. [uncountable] a dark purple-red colour
3. [countable] informal something very good that other people wish they had, such as a good job or a part in a play:
⇨ plum pudding
| II |
adjective1. plum job/role/assignment etc informal a good job etc that other people wish they had:
2. having a dark purple-red colour