berry
berry — 名詞
- berrysingular
- berriesplural
1. Any of various small round fruits that grow on bushes or low plants — for exampl
漿果
長在灌木上的小型圓形水果
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.
Haruto picked a basket of wild blackberries from the bushes behind his grandmother's house.
Haruto 在祖母家後方的灌木叢中摘了一籃野黑莓。
collocation: pick + [type of] berries
Adina added fresh blueberries to the pancake batter for breakfast.
Adina 在早餐的鬆餅麵糊中加入新鮮藍莓。
Sari's strawberry plant produced small but very sweet berries all summer long.
Sari 種的草莓植株整個夏天都結出小小卻很甜的果實。
collocation: produce/rear + berries
Ripe raspberries come off the stem very easily when you touch them.
成熟的覆盆子很軟，輕輕一碰就會從莖上掉下來。
Farmers at the weekend market sold containers of fresh gooseberries and currants.
週末市集的農夫擺攤賣一盒盒的新鮮醋栗與紅醋栗。
countable plural: berries listed as sellable items
- pick berries
- fresh berries
- wild berries
- ripe berries
- berry season
- berry bush
- berry picking
- 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
2. A shade of dark red that looks like the colour of ripe berries or red wine.
莓紅色
類似成熟莓果的深紅色
A shade of dark red that looks like the colour of ripe berries or red wine.
Lisa chose a berry-coloured scarf to match her winter coat.
Lisa 選了一條莓紅色的圍巾來搭配她的冬天大衣。
compound modifier: berry-coloured
The living room walls were painted in a warm shade of berry.
客廳的牆壁漆成了溫暖的莓色調。
Deep berry is a popular colour for autumn lipsticks and nail polish.
深莓色是秋冬季唇膏和指甲油的熱門顏色。
uncountable: 'deep berry' as colour name
Aarav's new sweater was a rich berry tone that looked good with his black jeans.
Aarav 的新毛衣是濃郁的莓色，搭配黑色牛仔褲很好看。
- berry colour
- berry tone
- berry shade
- deep berry
- rich berry
常見錯誤
berry — 形容詞
- berrypositive
- berriercomparative
- berriestsuperlative
1. Coloured like ripe berries — a tone that falls somewhere between deep red, purpl
莓紅色的
深紅色到紫紅色的
Coloured like ripe berries — a tone that falls somewhere between deep red, purple, and pink.
Haruto wore a berry tie that matched the flowers in the centrepiece.
Haruto 戴了一條莓紅色領帶，與餐桌中央的花飾很搭配。
attributive use: berry + noun
The sunset over the hills turned a beautiful berry pink.
山丘上的夕陽變成了美麗的莓粉色。
Aylin bought a berry-coloured lipstick that suited her skin tone well.
Aylin 買了一支很襯她膚色的莓紅色口紅。
compound: berry-coloured
Zuri decorated her bedroom with berry curtains and a cream-coloured rug.
Zuri 用莓紅色窗簾搭配米白色地毯來佈置她的臥室。
- berry colour
- berry shade
- berry pink
- berry red
- berry-coloured
more explicitly means 'coloured like berries'; feels more natural in predicative position
- wine-red
similar dark red tone, but slightly more purple than berry
- ruby
brighter and more gem-like than the natural tone of berry
用法筆記
Berry is used mainly as an attributive adjective — it comes before the noun it describes (a berry dress, berry lips). It is less common after linking verbs (??The dress is berry), where a compound like berry-coloured sounds more natural.
常見錯誤
berry — 動詞
- berrypresent simple I / you / we / they
- berries3rd person singular
- berrying-ing form
- berriedpast simple
1. If a plant or bush berries, it produces or bears berries on its branches.
結果實
植物長出漿果
If a plant or bush berries, it produces or bears berries on its branches.
The blackberry bushes near the creek berry heavily every September.
小溪旁的黑莓叢每年九月都結出大量果實。
adverb before verb: berry heavily
Felipe noticed that the holly tree had berried earlier than usual this autumn.
Felipe 注意到今年的冬青樹比往年更早結出紅色漿果。
past tense: berried
Gardeners say a blueberry plant usually berries in its third year after planting.
園丁說藍莓植株通常種植三年後才會結果。
The strawberry patch did not berry well this season because of the dry weather.
今年因為天氣乾燥，草莓園的結果情況不佳。
- berry heavily
- berry early
- berry well
- 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
2. To go out and pick or collect berries from plants, especially wild ones.
採漿果
採摘野生漿果
To go out and pick or collect berries from plants, especially wild ones.
Henrik and his younger sister went berrying in the woods behind their cottage.
Henrik 和妹妹到小屋後的樹林裡採野莓。
go + berrying pattern
During summer the children would berry along the hedgerows after school.
夏天時，孩子們放學後會沿著樹籬採莓果。
Aaron learned to berry from his grandfather, who knew all the best hidden spots.
Aaron 跟祖父學會了採野莓，祖父知道所有最棒的隱密地點。
Every August the family drove out to the countryside to berry before the frost came.
每年八月全家人會開車到鄉下採莓果，趕在霜降之前。
infinitival purpose: to berry
- go berrying
- come berrying
- 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
同根字
- berried形容詞C1
- berry-coloured形容詞B1