bramble

/ˈbræmbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbræmbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbram-bəl/ (ame, mw) · /ˈbræm.bəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbræm.bəl/ (ame, ipa)

bramble — noun

  • bramblesingular
  • bramblesplural

1. a thorny wild bush that grows blackberries on long bending stems

1.名詞B2
釋義

a thorny wild bush that grows blackberries on long bending stems

例句

A bramble with ripe blackberries leaned over the garden fence.

bramble with ripe blackberries

Baraka tore his glove on a bramble by the stream.

同義詞
  • blackberry bush

    a clearer everyday name for the same kind of plant

  • briar

    broader and sometimes more literary than bramble

文法句型

brambles grow along hedges

cut back the brambles

用法筆記

Usually names the prickly blackberry plant itself, not the fruit. In countryside writing, brambles often means a tangled patch of these bushes.

2. a small juicy black fruit picked from a bramble bush

2.名詞C1
釋義

a small juicy black fruit picked from a bramble bush

例句

Noa dropped a ripe bramble into the yogurt on top.

ripe bramble into yogurt

The baker crushed fresh brambles for the tart filling.

fresh brambles for a tart

同義詞
  • blackberry

    the standard everyday word for this fruit

文法句型

eat a bramble

wash the brambles

用法筆記

This fruit sense is much less common than blackberry in everyday English. Readers are more likely to meet it in British or rural contexts.

3. any rough wild shrub or vine with many thorns

3.名詞C1
釋義

any rough wild shrub or vine with many thorns

例句

Goats would not enter the field because thick brambles blocked the gap.

thick brambles blocked the gap

The old ruin was hidden under brambles and climbing ivy.

同義詞
  • thornbush

    a plain descriptive word for a bush covered in thorns

  • briar

    often similar, but can sound more literary or regional

文法句型

hack through brambles

hide under brambles

用法筆記

This broader sense can mean thorny wild growth in general, not only the blackberry plant. It often appears in the plural for dense, hard-to-cross patches.

bramble — verb