Recently, I have often seen topics such as hot search about cherries # How did cherries catch fire in China # Cherry freedom # Cherry price halved #, and Xiaobian is actually as curious as many netizens. How did cherries catch fire?
Many people who eat melons can’t help asking: Are cherries and cherries the same thing? Why are cherries so expensive? Is my cherry unworthy?
Once upon a time, cherries were the high-grade fruit that the middle class dreamed of, and those who could afford cherries became the favored ones in the circle of friends.
Before the concept of "Versailles literature", I mastered a full set of writing techniques for all subjects: I ate cherries for three days, and I felt sick and hurt …
"Cherry" is transliterated fromcherries, that is, English for cherry.cherryThe plural form of. So many people will think that cherries are cherries and cherries are cherries.
Popular science time:
Cherry is native to the United States, Canada, Chile and other American countries. It was planted in China in the 1990s, mainly in Shandong, Beijing, Liaoning, Shanxi and other provinces. In the market, the large-grained foreign cherry varieties are called cherries, mainly to distinguish the cherries in China market. In fact, they belong to the deciduous shrub fruit tree of Rosaceae, which is the same plant, but the varieties are different.
The cherries mentioned in the market are imported European sweet cherries (prunus avium), and the domestic small cherry (prunus
pseudocerasus) is called cherry. In Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, China cherries are difficult to grow. People here mainly eat sweet cherries from abroad, which translates into "cherries" in Cantonese. Cherry refers to a large thick-skinned cherry produced in the United States, Canada, Chile and other American countries, which belongs to European cherry and is more expensive. The cherry native to China is a small cherry, with thin skin, juicy skin and slightly sour taste.
Generally, summer (April-August) is dominated by China cherries, Canadian cherries and California cherries in the northern hemisphere. In winter (November-March), the main producing areas are New Zealand, Australia, Chile and South Africa in the southern hemisphere. Among them, Chilean cherries have become a new national trend for consumers to buy new year’s goods by virtue of their hard skin, sweet taste and transportation resistance.
English expressions about "cherry":
A bunch of cherries
A bite at the cherry tried; chance
He offers me this position to be the COO, I think it’s a bite at the
cherry.
He offered me the position of chief operating officer, which I think is an opportunity.
The cherry on the cake is the icing on the cake
The function of the camera itself is a beast, so the design is the cherry
on the cake.
The performance of this camera itself is superb, and the beautiful design is even more icing on the cake.
The cherry on (the) top windfall
Cherry-pick means "choose carefully and choose the best"
Example:
It seems unfair that our school has cherry-picked the best students to
attend the conference – we should all have a chance to go.
Our school is a bit unfair. We should all have a chance to attend the meeting by picking out those good students.
How to express the "freedom of cherries" mentioned in the hot search? If you say in English: He has reached cherry freedom.
Foreigners can’t understand you at all. Let’s use "Financial freedom" to express it. We can say: He has reached financial.
freedom.
Many netizens will ask, "Why are the prices of cherries so different? Some are 30-40 yuan/kg, while others are more than 100/kg?" This involves the problem of cherry grade. In countries in the southern hemisphere such as Chile, J"(Jumbo "is often used to grade cherries. The more numbers of "j", the larger the diameter and size of cherries. The taste and price of cherries vary greatly with different grades.
Commonly used standards are:
The diameter of single fruit is 22mm-24mm, and the logo is L(Large);
The diameter of single fruit is 24mm-26mm, and the logo is XL(Extra Large);
Single fruit with a diameter of 26-28mm is commonly known as single hook, and the logo is J(Jumbo);
A single fruit with a diameter of 28-30mm is called a double hook and marked as XJS JJJJ (Super Jumbo);
A single fruit with a diameter of 30-32mm is called 3 hooks, and its logo is GPXSJSXJXXJSSJ (Giant);
If the diameter of a single fruit is more than 32mm, it is called 4 hooks, and the logo is XGSGXPSPXXXJXXSJ.
G=giant huge; P=premium;
S=super super; X=extra, more;
J=jumbo is larger; L=large
Jumbo adjective, meaning "giant; Huge; Extra large "(very large; larger than usual )。 For example:
a jumbo pack of cornflakes
A box of extra-large packed cornflakes