chestnut meaning in English
n.
1.栗子，板栗 〔Spanish chestnut或 sweet chestnut的果实〕。
2.栗树。
3.栗色，褐色。
4.栗毛马。
5.马前腿内侧胼胝。
6.〔美口〕陈腐话，滥调。
adj.
栗色的；栗毛的。 water chestnut菱。 (Chinese) water chestnut荸荠。 pull (sb.'s) chestnuts out of the fire 为(某人)火中取栗，为解决别人困难而自己承担后果。
Examples
- The chestnuts in paris were all in bloom .
巴黎的栗树全都开花了。 - In summer we had tea outdoors, under the chestnut tree .
夏天我们在室外核桃树下喝茶。 - Neither was eager to pull our chestnuts out of the fire .
他们俩都不想替我们火中取栗。 - Chestnut is in the family fagaceae which also includes oak and beech .
栗属植物属山毛榉科，此科还包括橡属和山毛榉属。 - She saw manya twiddling a young green chestnut leaf under her nose .
她看到玛尼娅在鼻子底下捻弄着一片新绿的栗树叶子。