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(bananas) 1. Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins. ...a bunch of bananas. N-VAR 2. If someone is behaving in a silly or crazy way, or if they become extremely angry, you can say that they are going bananas. (INFORMAL) Adamson’s going to go bananas on this one. ADJ: v-link ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banaana ~ Date: 1597 1. an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind 2. any of several widely cultivated perennial herbs (genus Musa of the family Musaceae, the ~ family) bearing ~s in compact pendent bunches ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a long curved fruit with soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe, growing in clusters. 2 (in full banana-tree) the tropical and subtropical treelike plant, Musa sapientum, bearing this. Phrases and idioms banana republic derog. a small State, esp. in Central America, dependent on the influx of foreign capital. banana skin 1 the skin of a banana. 2 a cause of upset or humiliation; a blunder. banana split a sweet dish made with split bananas, ice-cream, sauce, etc. go bananas sl. become crazy or angry. Etymology: Port. or Sp., f. a name in Guinea ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бот. банан (Musa gen.) 2. банан (плод) a hand of banana —- гроздь бананов 3. сл. шут, клоун, комик 4. сл. "бананчик" (о красивой мулатке) 5. сл. нос Id: to get (to go) bananas —- сл. спятить, рехнуться Id: to drive smb. bananas —- свести кого-л. с ума ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1597, borrowed by Sp. or Port. from a W. African word, possibly Wolof banana. The plant introduced to the New World from Africa, 1516. Banana republic is from 1935. Bananas in the sense of "nuts" is 1970s slang. Top banana, second banana, etc. are 1950s, from show business slang use of banana for "comedian, especially in a burlesque show." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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