Olive

(noun.) a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation.

(noun.) one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish.

(noun.) hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork.

(noun.) evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits.

(noun.) small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil.

(adj.) of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive .

整理:李奥娜

• The peninsula of Italy was not then the smiling land of vineyards and olive orchards it has since become. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Your face was never lily fair, but it is olive green now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The rest of his letter is only about his dear Charlotte's situation, and his expectation of a young olive-branch. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The best-known fats are butter, lard, olive oil, and the fats of meats, cheese, and chocolate. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Britain need envy neither the vineyards of France, nor the olive plantations of Italy. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Maurice, you ought to give me your crown, so that myrtle and olive inspire me with the breath of the god. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Those who like Ellen Key and Olive Shreiner and Mrs. Gilman give them real problems to think about are drafting that energy into use. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And the child delivered a note; the little dove dropped on my knee, its olive leaf plucked off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• An ounce of fat, whether it is the fat of meat or the fat of olive oil or the fat of any other food, produces in the body two and a quarter times as much heat as an ounce of starch. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He was a brown spot in the midst of an expanse of olive-green gorse, and nothing more. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He was a tall fellow, with an olive complexion, long dark hair, and very thick bushy whiskers meeting under his chin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• When depressed, the very hue of his face seemed more dusk than when he smiled, and to-day cheek and forehead wore their most tintless and sober olive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Bottles can be so shaped that they make the olives, pickles, and peaches that they contain appear larger than they really are. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Helena, however, solved the problem, and hastily twisted together a wreath of wild olives, which she placed lightly on his bent head. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I ate olives, salted almonds and potato chips and looked at myself in civilian clothes in the mirror behind the bar. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• So did everyone else, even 'Croaker' as the girls called the old lady, and the unfortunate dinner ended gaily, with bread and butter, olives and fun. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• From the mountain's peak its broken turrets rise above the groves of ancient oaks and olives, and look wonderfully picturesque. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

校对:沃尔多