blackberry
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈblækbəɹi/|/ˈblækbɹi/
美 /ˈblækbɛɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
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The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
— Here at the creek, a ways off from the trail, we have blackberries for now, not as fat and sweet as they get, but I like them tart, with that little bit of red still at their tops, or if they’re just a little hard and not so soft they come off when you pull at them and leave your fingers stained.
- Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.
- The blackcurrant.
动词 v.
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To gather or forage for blackberries.
— She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Etymology tree
Old English blæcberġe
Middle English blakberie
English blackberry
From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.
Old English blæcberġe
Middle English blakberie
English blackberry
From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Old English blæcberġe
Middle English blakberie
English blackberry
From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.
Old English blæcberġe
Middle English blakberie
English blackberry
From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.
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