huckleberry

FREQ #28383

n. 黑果木

发音

US /ˈhʌkl̩ˌbɛɹi/
AU
UK /ˈhʌkl̩b(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

huckleberries 复数 huckleberries huckleberried huckleberries 三单 huckleberrying huckleberrying 现在分词 huckleberried 过去式 huckleberried 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color, of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.

  2. 2.

    A shrub growing this fruit.

  3. 3.

    A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.

  4. 4.

    A person of little consequence.

    俚语
  5. 5.

    The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.

    美国 俚语

    I'm your huckleberry.

v.
  1. 1.

    To pick huckleberries.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

bush berry blueberry shrub

下位词 1

dangleberry

相关短语

huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry above one's persimmon red huckleberry I'm your huckleberry above one's huckleberry squaw huckleberry [网络] aw aw dwarf huckleberry

词源

Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s.

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