raspberry
/ˈrɑːzbərɪ/noun
1
- an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish-pink drupelets红莓, 悬钩子, 覆盆子, 木莓, 山莓。
2
- the plant which yields this fruit, forming tall stiff prickly stems or 'canes'(结浆果的)悬钩子属植物。
2.1
- Rubus idaeus, family Rosaceae: cultivars include the loganberry, tayberry, and veitchberry.拉丁名Rubus idaeus, 蔷薇科:栽培品种包括罗甘莓、泰莓和维特莓。
3
- mass noun a deep reddish-pink colour like that of a ripe raspberry紫红色:
as modifier a raspberry tweed jacket.紫红粗花呢上装。
4
- informal a sound made with the tongue and lips in order to express derision or contempt〈非正式〉(表示嘲弄或轻蔑的)呸声:
Clare blew a raspberry and stood up.
克莱尔呸了一声, 并站了起来。
ORIGIN: from raspberry tart, rhyming slang for 'fart'.
词源
early 17th cent.: from dialect rasp, abbreviation of obsolete raspis 'raspberry' (also used as a collective), of unknown origin, + BERRY.