gooseberry

FREQ #38684

n. 醋栗, 醋栗酒

发音

US /ˈɡusˌbɛɹi/
UK /ˈɡʊzb(ə)ɹi/
AU
UK /ˈɡuːsb(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

gooseberries 复数 gooseberries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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. 2.

    Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).

  3. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13.

    Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

    poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)

  14. 14.

    A chaperone.

    过时 俚语
  15. 15.

    An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.

    电灯泡

    电灯胆

    Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.

  16. 16.

    A fool.

    过时 俚语
  17. 17.

    A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.

    过时 俚语
  18. 18.

    A testicle.

    过时 俚语 粗俗

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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.

来源:wiktionary