bramble
/ˈbræmbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbræmbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbram-bəl/ (ame, mw) · /ˈbræm.bəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbræm.bəl/ (ame, ipa)
bramble — 名詞
- bramblesingular
- bramblesplural
1. a thorny wild bush that grows blackberries on long bending stems
黑莓叢
長黑莓的多刺野灌木
a thorny wild bush that grows blackberries on long bending stems
A bramble with ripe blackberries leaned over the garden fence.
一叢結滿熟黑莓的黑莓叢垂到了花園柵欄上。
bramble with ripe blackberries
Baraka tore his glove on a bramble by the stream.
Baraka 在溪邊被一叢黑莓叢勾破了手套。
The children filled a bowl from the brambles behind the barn.
孩子們從穀倉後面的黑莓叢摘滿了一碗黑莓。
Jenna cut back the brambles so sunlight could reach the roses.
Jenna 把黑莓叢修短，好讓陽光照到玫瑰上。
- 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
黑莓
黑色柔軟的小果實
a small juicy black fruit picked from a bramble bush
Noa dropped a ripe bramble into the yogurt on top.
Noa 把一顆熟黑莓丟進上面的優格裡。
ripe bramble into yogurt
The baker crushed fresh brambles for the tart filling.
那位糕點師把新鮮黑莓壓碎來做塔餡。
fresh brambles for a tart
Ava found one last bramble at the bottom of the basket.
Ava 在籃子底部找到最後一顆黑莓。
Pim stained his fingers purple while washing the wild brambles.
Pim 清洗野生黑莓時，把手指染成了紫色。
- 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
荊棘叢
泛指帶刺的野生灌木
any rough wild shrub or vine with many thorns
Goats would not enter the field because thick brambles blocked the gap.
因為濃密的荊棘叢堵住缺口，山羊不肯走進田裡。
thick brambles blocked the gap
The old ruin was hidden under brambles and climbing ivy.
那片老廢墟藏在荊棘叢和攀爬的常春藤下面。
Beatrix hacked through a bramble to reach the broken fence.
Beatrix 砍開一叢帶刺灌木，去查看壞掉的圍欄。
Farm workers burned the dry brambles after clearing the ditch.
清完水溝後，農工把乾掉的荊棘叢燒掉了。
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 — 動詞
- bramblepresent simple I / you / we / they
- brambles3rd person singular
- brambling-ing form
- brambledpast simple
1. to go out and gather wild blackberries from brambles
採黑莓
去野外採野生黑莓
to go out and gather wild blackberries from brambles
Every August, Christopher and Hana bramble along the canal path.
每年八月，Christopher 和 Hana 都會沿著運河小路採黑莓。
verb: bramble = pick wild blackberries
After lunch, the cousins brambled for an hour near the railway bridge.
午餐後，那群表親在鐵路橋旁採了一個小時的黑莓。
brambled for an hour
Devika and Yara brambled near the orchard before sunset.
Devika 和 Yara 在日落前到果園旁採黑莓。
We brambled beside the hedge until our buckets were full.
我們在樹籬旁採黑莓，直到桶子都裝滿。
- pick blackberries
the ordinary everyday phrase for this activity
文法句型
bramble along the canal
bramble near the hedge
用法筆記
Rare and mainly regional or literary. It usually describes spending time outdoors picking wild blackberries, not simply buying or eating them.