1807; see pea + nut. Earlier ground nut, ground pea (1769). The plant is native to South America; Portuguese traders took peanuts from Brazil and Peru to Africa by 1502 and it is known to have been cultivated in Chekiang Province in China by 1573, probably arriving with Portuguese sailors who made stops in Brazil en route to the Orient. Peanut butter attested by 1892; peanut brittle is from 1894. Peanut gallery "topmost rows of a theater" is from 1874, American English; peanuts "trivial sum" is from 1934.
雙語例句
1. The Orientals use no butter. They prefer the very healthful peanut oil.
東方人不吃黃油，他們更喜歡對(duì)健康非常有益處的花生油。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil.
加兩湯匙花生油。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
一份花生醬加果醬三明治
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. We don't have peanut oil in our family.
我們家不吃花生油.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.