1. 1荔枝

    A lychee is a small round fruit. Outside is a thin, rough, pink-brown shell you peel with your fingers; inside is sweet white flesh around one brown stone. English borrowed the name from southern Chinese, which is why you hear more than one pronunciation: some people say it like “lie-chee,” others like “lee-chee,” and both are used. You find lychees fresh in season, , or dried (those are darker and chewier), and the name also labels the flavour in drinks and sweets. Though actually, older packets may say litchi; that is the same fruit, not a different one.

core核心畫面

組成From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai zi); the “lee-chee” sound also comes in from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi). That is why English has more than one common pronunciation.

同家族的字

  • litchianother English spelling of the same fruit
  • lichia rarer English spelling of the same fruit

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lycheenoun/ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/

  • 1

    The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.

  • 2

    That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.

    • No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.
  • 3

    A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).

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