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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   olive

   • IPA[ˈäləv]

   美式

   • n.
     a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil；the widely cultivated evergreen tree that yields the olive, native to warm regions of the Old World.
   • adj.
     grayish-green, like an unripe olive；(of the complexion) yellowish brown; sallow

   • noun: olive, plural noun: olives

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil a dish of cauliflower with black olives a cucumber and olive salad
   • 2. the widely cultivated evergreen tree that yields the olive, native to warm regions of the Old World.
   • ▪ used in names of other trees which are related to the olive, resemble it, or bear similar fruit, e.g. Russian olive.
   • 3. a grayish-green color like that of an unripe olive shades of gold, olive, and black
   • 4. a marine mollusk with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly colored.
   • 5. a metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. grayish-green, like an unripe olive a small figure in olive fatigues
   • ▪ (of the complexion) yellowish brown; sallow his full lips and olive skin