Pear

(noun.) sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.

(noun.) Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties.

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• Wonder was expressed over the blazing horseshoe that glowed within a pear-shaped globe. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I suppose,' with a jerk, 'you have sometimes plucked a pear before it was ripe, Master Copperfield? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Margaret went along the walk under the pear-tree wall. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Mary was in a grassy corner of the garden, where there was a swing loftily hung between two pear-trees. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Methusaleh, the pear-tree, stood at the further end of this walk, near my seat: he rose up, dim and gray, above the lower shrubs round him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The pear, though cultivated in classical times, appears, from Pliny's description, to have been a fruit of very inferior quality. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The pear can be grafted far more readily on the quince, which is ranked as a distinct genus, than on the apple, which is a member of the same genus. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• One great old pear-tree--the nun's pear-tree--stood up a tall dryad skeleton, grey, gaunt, and stripped. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But the idea of pears had taken possession of Mr. Hale's mind, and was not to be got rid of. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Pears that he can't qualify, neither. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Mas'r George is such a beautiful reader, now, I know he'll stay to read for us, said Aunt Chloe; 'pears like 't will be so much more interestin'. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• This might have stopped another man; but Bar, sticking to him fresh as ever, said, 'As to pears, now? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Sweet peaches, apples, grapes, contain a moderate amount of sugar; watermelons, pears, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I knew 't was no use of my trying to live, if they did it; for 't 'pears like this child is all I have. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I would go; 'pears like I never should get rested again. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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