blueberry
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/
美 /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
— Meronym: anthocyanin
- The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
- A dark blue colour.
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A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.
— On sol 46 (March 11, 2004 on Earth), Opportunity gathered data on a cluster of blueberries and confirmed the team's suspicions that this area of Mars once contained liquid water.
动词 v.
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To gather or forage for blueberries.
— We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine.
形容词 adj.
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Of a dark blue colour.
— > > > > > > The color choice in the shop was Plum, Orange Peel, Periwinkle, or > > > > > > Lime. […] > > > Periwinkle, now renamed blueberry. Second choice, orange peel. > > > It looks to my eye that "blueberry" is, uh, bluer than "periwinkle." […] On-site, Blueberry looked blueberrier than Periwinkle, but it does follow the Fruit Names theme more closely.
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Resembling or characteristic of blueberries.
— Breyers finds the sweetest, sunniest blueberries. Gently presses their just-picked flavor into a smooth puree. Then mixes lavishly with Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. The result—the tastiest blueberriest flavor ever!
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Containing bluberries.
— Down leaped Ron and milked the frothiest, fruitiest, blueberriest milkshake anybody had ever tasted.
词汇关系
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词源 1
Etymology tree
English blue
Middle English berye
English berry
English blueberry
From blue + berry.
English blue
Middle English berye
English berry
English blueberry
From blue + berry.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English blue
Middle English berye
English berry
English blueberry
From blue + berry.
English blue
Middle English berye
English berry
English blueberry
From blue + berry.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English blue
Middle English berye
English berry
English blueberry
From blue + berry.
English blue
Middle English berye
English berry
English blueberry
From blue + berry.
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