peach

peach — noun

1. a soft, juicy fruit with yellow or pale flesh, red-yellow skin covered with fine

1.名詞B1
釋義

a soft, juicy fruit with yellow or pale flesh, red-yellow skin covered with fine hairs, and one large stone inside

例句

Leo bit into a peach while waiting for the bus home.

eat a peach

Three peaches sat in a bowl beside the open window.

plural: peaches

同義詞
  • nectarine

    a very similar fruit, but its skin is smooth rather than fuzzy

  • apricot

    smaller and usually less juicy than a peach

  • fruit

    a broad category word; a peach is one kind of fruit

文法句型

eat a peach

ripe peaches

slice peach over yogurt

用法筆記

Countable when you mean one fruit or several fruits. Often uncountable when you mean the fruit as an ingredient or flavor, as in peach yogurt or peach jam.

常見錯誤

❌I bought two peachs at the market.
✅I bought two peaches at the market.
💡The plural form is peaches.
❌She added a peach to the yogurt flavor.
✅She added peach to the yogurt flavor.
💡Use the uncountable form for an ingredient or flavor.

2. used for a person or thing you find unusually kind, attractive, or pleasing

2.名詞C1
釋義

used for a person or thing you find unusually kind, attractive, or pleasing

例句

Mrs. Chen drove us home in the rain; she was a peach.

be a peach

That little cafe was a peach after our long walk.

同義詞
  • gem

    informal and often used for a very good person or thing

  • darling

    usually used for a lovable person rather than an object

  • delight

    slightly broader and can sound less colloquial

反義詞
  • pain

    informal for a person or thing that causes trouble

文法句型

be a peach

what a peach of a + noun

用法筆記

Usually used in informal speech for praise, often after be. Distinguish from noun/1: this sense talks about a person or thing being delightful, not the fruit.

常見錯誤

❌My new bike is peach.
✅My new bike is a peach.
💡In this figurative sense, peach is a countable noun, usually with a or the.

3. a soft shade that sits between orange and pink

3.名詞A2
釋義

a soft shade that sits between orange and pink

例句

The designer chose peach for the baby's bedroom walls.

choose peach for + place

A band of peach spread across the sky before sunrise.

同義詞
  • coral

    usually a stronger or pinker shade

  • salmon

    often a slightly deeper pink-orange shade

  • apricot

    often a more yellow-orange shade than peach

文法句型

choose peach for + place/object

soft peach

in peach

用法筆記

This sense names the color itself. Distinguish from adjective/1, which describes a noun directly, as in a peach dress.

常見錯誤

❌She wore peach at the party.
✅She wore a peach dress at the party.' or 'She wore peach-colored clothes at the party.
💡Use the adjective when you describe clothing or another noun.

peach — adjective

peach — verb