shrub
/ʃrʌb/ (bre, ipa) · /ʃrʌb/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈshrəb especially Southern ˈsrəb/ (ame, mw)
shrub — 名詞
- shrubsingular
- shrubsplural
1. a woody garden plant that is shorter than a tree, with many branches spreading o
灌木
比樹矮、多分枝的木本植物
a woody garden plant that is shorter than a tree, with many branches spreading out from near the ground rather than from one trunk.
Élise planted six rose shrubs along the stone wall behind her cottage.
Élise 在她小屋後方的石牆旁種了六株玫瑰灌木。
countable: planted [number] [type] shrubs
The botanic garden in Kyoto labels every shrub with its scientific name.
京都的植物園在每一株灌木旁都標上學名。
Tanvi trimmed the lavender shrubs in her grandmother's herb garden.
Tanvi 在她奶奶的香草園裡修剪薰衣草灌木。
A small bird had built its nest deep inside the thorny shrub by the gate.
一隻小鳥在門邊那叢帶刺的灌木深處築了巢。
Lucía cleared the dead shrubs from the front yard before spring planting.
Lucía 在春耕之前把前院的枯灌木清掉了。
文法句型
a shrub of [type]
[type] shrubs
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 and sense 3 (both drinks): only this plant sense takes typical garden-verb collocations like 'plant', 'prune', 'trim'.
常見錯誤
2. an old-fashioned alcoholic drink made by stirring fruit juice and sugar into rum
果味甜酒
果汁加糖、蘭姆酒調成的冷飲
an old-fashioned alcoholic drink made by stirring fruit juice and sugar into rum or brandy and serving it cold.
Jabari brought a jug of homemade raspberry shrub to the summer picnic.
Jabari 帶了一壺自製的覆盆子果味甜酒去夏季野餐。
collocation: [fruit] + shrub naming the flavour
In old Boston taverns, sailors used to order shrub by the small glass.
以前在波士頓的老酒館裡，水手都會點一小杯果味甜酒。
historical context — common usage frame
Christopher's grandmother kept a bottle of orange shrub in her parlour cupboard.
Christopher 的奶奶在客廳櫥櫃裡放了一瓶橘子果味甜酒。
The recipe book includes a pineapple shrub that was popular in colonial Virginia.
那本食譜書收錄了一款在殖民時期維吉尼亞很流行的鳳梨果味甜酒。
- cordial
a closely related sweet alcoholic drink; less specifically tied to fruit + rum
文法句型
a glass of shrub
[fruit] shrub
用法筆記
Frequently used as a count noun with a flavour modifier ('a raspberry shrub'), and as a mass noun without an article ('a glass of shrub'). Often appears in historical or recipe-book contexts rather than modern menus.
3. a sharp, non-alcoholic syrup of sweetened vinegar steeped with fruit or herbs, s
醋味調飲糖漿
醋、糖、水加水果或香草做的調酒糖漿
a sharp, non-alcoholic syrup of sweetened vinegar steeped with fruit or herbs, stirred into cocktails to give them a tart edge.
Ilan poured a strawberry shrub over crushed ice and topped the glass with soda water.
Ilan 把草莓醋味調飲糖漿倒在碎冰上，再加蘇打水。
collocation: [fruit] shrub + soda water
The bartender at the Layla Hotel makes a basil shrub with apple-cider vinegar and honey.
Layla 飯店的調酒師用蘋果醋和蜂蜜調出羅勒口味的醋味調飲糖漿。
domain: cocktail/mixology
Linh keeps a jar of rhubarb shrub in the fridge for weekend cocktails.
Linh 在冰箱裡放了一罐大黃醋味調飲糖漿，留著週末調雞尾酒用。
Esme served the gin with a splash of her own ginger shrub instead of tonic water.
Esme 用她自己做的薑味醋味調飲糖漿代替通寧水，加進琴酒裡。
- drinking vinegar
more transparent everyday term for the same product
- switchel
a related vinegar-based drink; sweetened with molasses or honey rather than fruit
文法句型
[fruit] shrub
shrub cocktail
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is non-alcoholic and vinegar-based, used as a mixer; sense 2 is the finished drink itself. Typical objects of 'make' or 'pour'.