currant
/ˈkʌrənt/noun
1
- a small dried fruit made from a small seedless variety of grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region and much used in cookery无核小葡萄干（原产于东地中海地区, 常用于烹调）：
as modifier a currant bun.葡萄干小圆面包。
2
- a Eurasian shrub which produces small edible black, red, or white berries茶藨子, 穗醋栗。
2.1
- Genus Ribes, family Grossulariaceae: several species, including blackcurrant and redcurrant.茶藨属, 茶藨子科： 数种, 包括黑茶藨子和红醋栗。
2.2
- a berry from such a shrub醋栗果。
词源
Middle English raisons of Corauntz, translating Anglo-Norman French raisins de Corauntz 'grapes of Corinth' (the original source).