ROTTEN APPLE

Meaning of ROTTEN APPLE in English

( rotten apples)

You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.

Police corruption is not just a few rotten apples.

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ROTTEN APPLE — informal a corrupt person in a group, regarded as capable of adversely affecting others. → rotten
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROTTEN APPLE — (~s) You can use ~ to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
APPLE — I Fruit of the genus Malus , in the rose family, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. Malus species are …
Английский словарь Британика
ROTTEN — I. ˈrät ə n adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE — ˈapəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROTTEN — (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.
Английский словарь Webster
ROTTEN — (a.) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Английский словарь Webster
APPLE — (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love …
Английский словарь Webster
ROTTEN — ( a. ) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN — ( a. ) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE — ( n. ) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN — — rottenly , adv. — rottenness , n. /rot"n/ , adj., rottener, rottenest . 1. decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE — /ap"euhl/ , n. 1. the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN — I. ˈrä-t ə n adjective Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English rotian to rot …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APPLE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROTTEN — adj offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. 2. rotten ·adj having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. …
Webster English vocab
APPLE — vi to grow like an apple; to bear apples. 2. apple ·noun anything round like an apple; as, an apple …
Webster English vocab
ROTTEN — [rot.ten] adj [ME roten, fr. ON rotinn; akin to OE rotian to rot] (13c) 1: having rotted: putrid 2: morally …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APPLE — [ap.ple] n, often attrib [ME appel, fr. OE aeppel; akin to OHG apful apple, OIr ubull, OCS abluko] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APPLE — fruit of the genus Malus (about 25 species) belonging to the family Rosaceae, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROTTEN — rotten BrE AmE ˈrɒt ə n AmE ˈrɑːt ə n ▷ rotten|er ə AmE ə r ▷ rotten|est ɪst əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APPLE — apple BrE AmE ˈæp ə l ▷ apple|s z ▶ ˈ apple ˌ blossom BrE AmE ▶ ˌ apple ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROTTEN — / ˈrɒtn; NAmE ˈrɑːtn/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective 1. ( of food, wood, etc. ) that has decayed and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — / ˈæpl; NAmE / noun a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh : an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROTTEN — I. rot ‧ ten 1 /ˈrɒtn $ ˈrɑːtn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APPLE — ap ‧ ple S2 W3 /ˈæp ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æppel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROTTEN — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1 rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROTTEN — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1 rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROTTEN — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1. rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. …
Oxford English vocab
APPLE — n.1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
ROTTEN — 1. If food, wood, or another substance is rotten , it has decayed and can no longer be used. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — ( apples) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An apple is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROTTEN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a terrible/poor/rotten liar (= who does not tell believable lies ) ▪ You're a rotten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cherry/peach/apple etc tree ▪ We planted a peach tree in the backyard. ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — [noun] - a round fruit with a firm white inside and a green, red or yellow skin, or the tree …
Cambridge English vocab
APPLE — n. Apple Computer Inc. apple scab custard apple
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROTTEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APPLE — n. apple knocker apple polish apple polisher
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APPLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sweet ▪ sharp , sour , tart ▪ Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROTTEN — adj. 25B6; adjective rotten meat : DECAYING, rotting, bad, off, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, perished, mouldy, mouldering, mildewy, rancid, festering, fetid; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
APPLE — ( BrE Apple Mac , Mac ) the popular name for the Macintosh computer produced by the US company Apple …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ROTTEN — adj. 1 rotted, decayed, decomposed, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, putrescing, mouldy, mouldering, spoilt or spoiled, mildewed, rancid, fetid or foetid, stale, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
APPLE — This is the name of a company that makes Macintosh computers. The reason this term is in the glossary is …
English Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
ROTTEN — прил. 1) а) гнилой, прогнивший; испортившийся, испорченный, тухлый rotten eggs ≈ тухлые яйца Syn : putrid, decomposed б) непрочный, слабый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
APPLE — сущ. 1) яблоко Most of our best apples are supposed to have been introduced into Britain by a fruiterer of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROTTEN — rotten.ogg ʹrɒtn a 1. 1> гнилой, прогнивший; испорченный, тухлый rotten trunk - гнилой /трухлявый/ ствол rotten egg meat - тухлое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
APPLE — apple.ogg ʹæp(ə)l n 1. 1> яблоко apple butter brandy - яблочное повидло -ая водка 2> разг. яблоня apple blossom - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROTTEN
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ROTTEN — a 1. 1> гнилой, прогнивший; испорченный, тухлый rotten trunk - гнилой /трухлявый/ ствол rotten egg meat - тухлое яйцо мясо …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
APPLE — n 1. 1> яблоко apple butter brandy - яблочное повидло -ая водка 2> разг. яблоня apple blossom - яблоневый цвет, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ROTTEN
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
APPLE — сущ. 1) яблоко Most of our best apples are supposed to have been introduced into Britain by a fruiterer of …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ROTTEN
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
APPLE — сущ. 1) яблоко Most of our best apples are supposed to have been introduced into Britain by a fruiterer of Henry the …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
APPLE — 1) яблоня (Malus) 2) глазное яблоко • - Adam's apple - apple of love - apple of Peru - balsam apple - bitter apple - cherry apple - Chinese …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
APPLE — 1) яблоня ( Malus ) 2) глазное яблоко • - Adam's apple - apple of love - apple of Peru …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ROTTEN — I adj infml 1) What rotten luck! — Не везет и все! It was a rotten show — Это было не представление, а …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
ROTTEN — I adj infml 1) What rotten luck! — Не везет и все! It was a rotten show — Это было …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
ROTTEN — rotten adj infml 1. What rotten luck! Не везет и все! It was a rotten show Это было не представление, …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
ROTTEN — I 1) What rotten luck! — Не везет и все! It was a rotten show — Это было не представление, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
ROTTEN — прил. 1) а) гнилой, прогнивший; испортившийся, испорченный, тухлый rotten eggs ≈ тухлые яйца Syn : putrid, decomposed б) непрочный, слабый …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
APPLE — сущ. 1) яблоко Most of our best apples are supposed to have been introduced into Britain by a fruiterer of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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