/'ɒlɪv; `ɑlɪv/
n
1 (a) [C] small bitter oval fruit, green when unripe and black when ripe, used for food and for oil 橄榄
*stuffed olives 有填充料的橄榄
* put olives in a salad 在色拉中加入橄榄.
(b) (also `olive-tree) [C] evergreen tree on which this fruit grows 橄榄树
*a grove of olives 橄榄树园.
2 (also olive-green) [U] yellowish-green colour of an unripe olive 橄榄色.

adj
1 yellowish-green 橄榄色的
*olive paint 橄榄色颜料.
2 (of the complexion) yellowish-brown （指面色）黄褐色的
*an olive skin 黄褐色的皮肤.

n
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin oliva, from Greek elaia]
[C]
a small, bitter, egg-shaped black or green fruit, used as food and for making oil
[C]alsoolive tree
a tree that produces olives, grown especially in Mediterranean countries
　an olive grove
[U]alsoolive green
a deep yellowish green colour
olive skin/complexion
skin colour that is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey
extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to sb)
to do or say something in order to show that you want to end an argument with someone
>oliveadj
　an olive sweatshirt