berry
berry — noun
1. a small juicy fruit from certain bushes or trees, often eaten fresh or used in j
a small juicy fruit from certain bushes or trees, often eaten fresh or used in jam
Lena picked berries near the wooden fence behind her grandmother's house.
pick berries
By July, ripe berries filled the basket on Noah's bike.
collocation: ripe berries
The children stirred fresh berries into yogurt after breakfast.
A black bird pecked one berry from the garden wall.
At the market, Sara bought berries for jam and pies.
- fruit
a much broader word; a berry is one particular kind of fruit
- soft fruit
a market or gardening term for delicate small fruits such as berries
文法句型
pick berries
eat berries
berries for jam
用法筆記
Often plural when people talk about several fruits together, and common with words like ripe, wild, pick, and jam.
常見錯誤
2. a deep red shade with some purple or pink mixed into it
a deep red shade with some purple or pink mixed into it
In the catalog, berry looked warmer than plain dark red.
berry as a colour name
For the wedding cards, Mei chose berry instead of pink.
choose berry
On the paint chart, berry sat between rose and wine.
The scarf came in navy, cream, and berry this winter.
文法句型
choose berry
paint in berry
berry on a colour chart
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when naming a colour on paint cards, clothing labels, and product lists.
berry — adjective
1. having the deep red or pink-purple shade called berry
having the deep red or pink-purple shade called berry
Clara wore a berry dress with silver shoes to dinner.
berry + clothing noun
We painted the front door berry before the street fair.
paint something berry
Under the shop lights, the berry curtains looked almost purple.
Mina bought a berry lipstick to wear with her black coat.
- burgundy
often darker and more brown than berry
- wine-coloured
close in meaning, but less likely to suggest pink tones
- reddish-purple
a descriptive phrase rather than a style label
文法句型
berry dress
paint something berry
berry curtains
用法筆記
Common before nouns in fashion, paint, and design writing, especially with dress, lipstick, wall, and curtain.
berry — verb
1. to go out and collect berries from bushes or low plants
to go out and collect berries from bushes or low plants
Every August, local families berry along the river at dawn.
intransitive verb with place phrase
After the rain stopped, we berried in the hills for an hour.
On clear mornings, tourists berry near the old farm road.
Last summer, Aya and her uncle berried beside the lake.
文法句型
berry in the hills
berry along the river
berry at dawn
用法筆記
Usually intransitive and often followed by a place phrase such as in the hills or along the river.