单词 | gooseberry |
释义 | gooseberry, Food, dish Plantsgoose·ber·ry /ˈɡʊzbəri, ˈɡuːz-, ˈɡuːs- $ ˈɡuːsberi/ noun (plural gooseberries) [countableC] 1. HBPDFFa small round green fruit that grows on a bush and has a sour taste 醋栗 2. be a gooseberry (also play gooseberry British EnglishBrE) informalWITH to be with two people who are having a romantic relationship and who want to be alone together 当电灯泡〔指夹在想单独相处的情侣中间〕 Examples from the Corpus be a gooseberry• Other new season good fruit buys are gooseberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants. Examples from the Corpus gooseberry• Strongly flavoured with apricot, gooseberry and peach fruit, there is also a gloss of caramel.• Other new season good fruit buys are gooseberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants.• Grandad was the gardener and planted a lot of fruit trees, including gooseberry, blackcurrant, plum and loganberry for the jam-making.• One hundred years later there were 722 varieties of gooseberries and 171 gooseberry shows at which to exhibit them.• Give a little extra nitrogen to blackcurrants and cooking apples; extra potash to gooseberries and red and white currants.• Can you identify vanilla, gooseberries or blackcurrants for example? (1500-1600) Perhaps from goose + berry |
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