berry

berrysingular
berriesplural

1.名詞A1

釋義

Any of various small round fruits that grow on bushes or low plants — for example, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are all types of berry.

例句

Haruto picked a basket of wild blackberries from the bushes behind his grandmother's house.

collocation: pick + [type of] berries

Adina added fresh blueberries to the pancake batter for breakfast.

同義詞

fruit
much broader category — all berries are fruits, but not all fruits are berries
soft fruit
British term that specifically covers berries and currants without a stone

用法筆記

In everyday English, the word berry refers to small soft fruits such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. The botanical definition is different — tomatoes and bananas are considered berries in botany, but they are not called berries in ordinary conversation.

常見錯誤

❌I picked a berry of that tree.

✅I picked a berry from that bush.

💡Berries typically grow on bushes or low plants, not on tall trees.

❌Tomatoes are berries in common English.

✅Tomatoes are berries botanically, but people do not call them berries.

💡The everyday meaning of berry is narrower than the scientific term.

2.名詞B1

釋義

A shade of dark red that looks like the colour of ripe berries or red wine.

例句

Lisa chose a berry-coloured scarf to match her winter coat.

compound modifier: berry-coloured

The living room walls were painted in a warm shade of berry.

同義詞

crimson
more vivid and intense than berry; often associated with blood
wine
very similar dark red, but wine colours can include deeper purple tones
burgundy
darker and more purple-toned than berry red

常見錯誤

❌She painted the room berry.

✅She painted the room a berry colour.

💡Berry alone is not used as a colour noun without a modifier like 'shade' or 'colour.'

berrypresent simple I / you / we / they
berries3rd person singular
berrying-ing form
berriedpast simple

1.動詞不及物C1

釋義

If a plant or bush berries, it produces or bears berries on its branches.

例句

The blackberry bushes near the creek berry heavily every September.

adverb before verb: berry heavily

Felipe noticed that the holly tree had berried earlier than usual this autumn.

past tense: berried

同義詞

fruit
broader — applies to any plant producing fruit, not just berries

用法筆記

This is a rare, largely technical verb used mainly by gardeners and botanists. It is almost always intransitive — you do not say a plant berries fruit.

常見錯誤

❌The bush is berrying a lot of fruit this year.

✅The bush is berrying heavily this year.

💡Berry as a verb is intransitive — it does not take a direct object.

2.動詞不及物C1

釋義

To go out and pick or collect berries from plants, especially wild ones.

例句

Henrik and his younger sister went berrying in the woods behind their cottage.

go + berrying pattern

During summer the children would berry along the hedgerows after school.

同義詞

forage
broader — means to search for any wild food, not only berries
pick berries
the modern, everyday equivalent phrase

用法筆記

This verb is old-fashioned and regional, used mainly in rural contexts or literary writing. The modern equivalent is the phrase 'go berry picking.'

常見錯誤

❌We berried strawberries from the farm.

✅We went berrying in the countryside.

💡Berry as a verb does not take an object describing what is picked.

berry — noun

1. Any of various small round fruits that grow on bushes or low plants — for exampl

用法筆記

常見錯誤

2. A shade of dark red that looks like the colour of ripe berries or red wine.

常見錯誤

berry — adjective

1. Coloured like ripe berries — a tone that falls somewhere between deep red, purpl

用法筆記

常見錯誤

berry — verb

1. If a plant or bush berries, it produces or bears berries on its branches.

用法筆記

常見錯誤

2. To go out and pick or collect berries from plants, especially wild ones.

用法筆記

常見錯誤