whimberry
发音
其它
/ˈʍɪmˌbɛɹi/
US
/ˈʍɪmˌbɛɹi/
词形变化
whimberries
复数
whimberries
别名
whinberry
wimberry
winberry
windberry
释义与例句
n.
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1.
The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
方言
词源
From earlier winberry, apparently a variant of wineberry (Middle English winberie) with regular shortening of the first vowel before a consonant cluster; in wineberry, this was prevented or reversed due to analogy. The assimilation of /nb/ to /mb/ seen in some forms is to be expected (compare hemp < Old English henep). Other forms show the influence of unrelated words; the consonantism of forms with initial wh- is probably due to the influence of whin, while windberry clearly represents remodelling as wind + berry.
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