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chestnut

B2 noun

chestnut /ˈt͡ʃɛs(t)ˌnʌt/ nghĩa là hạt dẻ

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  1. hạt dẻ

    An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.

    countable

    Of trouth the cheſtain trees brynge forth the ſoft ſwete cheſtnutte out of the ſharpe pricking ⁊ hard huſke.

    Cheſnuts are good in Female VVeakneſſes, and afford a very good Nouriſhment.

  2. cây dẻ

    In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.

    countable

    The Cheſnut delighteth in ſhadowie places and mountaynes whoſe ſituation is towardes the North.

    Theſe cheſnuts ranged in correſponding lines, / And though himſelf ſo poliſh'd, ſtill reprieves / The obſolete prolixity of ſhade.

    The midnight Moon ascends! Her placid beams, / […] / Here, o’er the chesnut’s fretted foliage grey / And massy, motionless they spread; […]

  3. gỗ dẻ

    Wood of a chestnut tree.

    uncountable

  4. nâu hạt dẻ

    A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).

    broadly · uncountable

    Roſ[alind]. I'faith his haire is of a good colour. / Cel[ia]. An excellent colour: / Your Cheſſnut vvas euer the onely colour: […]

    She can see, by the colour of my beard, that my hair would be a fine chesnut still.

  5. ngựa màu hạt dẻ

    A horse with a reddish-brown coat, mane and tail.

    broadly · countable

  6. mắt ngựa

    An oval or round horny plate located on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other equines, which is thought by some people to correspond with the thumbnail of other animals.

    broadly · countable

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  1. chuyện cũ rích

    Chiefly in old chestnut: a joke, meme, phrase, ploy, etc. which has been repeated so often as to have grown ineffective or tiresome; a cliché.

    countable · figuratively

    Take greed. He [Donald Trump]'s been cited many times for what now has become a chestnut: "The point is, you can't be too greedy."

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