gooseberry
n. 醋栗, 醋栗酒
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释义与例句
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1.
A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.
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2.
Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
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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
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4.
Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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9.
Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
star gooseberry
Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
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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
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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
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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
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Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
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14.
A chaperone.
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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.
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16.
A fool.
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A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
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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