gooseberry

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡʊzb(ə)ɹi/|/ˈɡuːsb(ə)ɹi/    美 /ˈɡusˌbɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
    — We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.
  2. Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
  3. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
  4. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
  5. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
  6. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
  7. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
  8. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
  9. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; star gooseberry; Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
  10. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; star gooseberry; Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
  11. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
  12. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
  13. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
  14. A chaperone. British,dated,slang
  15. An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation. UK
    — Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.
  16. A fool. British,dated,slang
  17. A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax. British,dated,slang
  18. A testicle. British,dated,plural-normally,slang,vulgar

词形变化

gooseberries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Cape gooseberry Chinese gooseberry Coromandel gooseberry do gooseberry gooseberry dieback gooseberry eye gooseberry-eyed gooseberry garnet gooseberry gourd gooseberry-grinder gooseberrying gooseberryish gooseberry lay gooseberrylike gooseberry mildew gooseberry-picker gooseberry pudding gooseberry rust gooseberry season gooseberry tart gooseberry tree gooseberry wig green as a gooseberry Missouri gooseberry Old Gooseberry pick gooseberry play gooseberry sea gooseberry sea-gooseberry spreading gooseberry

词源

From goose + berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related to the gros- of French groseille and/or the kruis- of Dutch kruisbes but has been altered by folk etymology.
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