blackberry
blackberry — 名詞
1. A small, round, soft fruit with a deep purple-black skin made up of many tiny sh
黑莓
深紫黑色的小型可食漿果
A small, round, soft fruit with a deep purple-black skin made up of many tiny shiny bumps. Blackberries grow on thorny bushes in hedges and woods, and people use them in pies, jam, and crumbles.
Sophie picked a handful of ripe blackberries from the hedge near the old stone wall.
Sophie 從舊石牆旁的樹籬摘了一把熟透的黑莓。
collocation: pick blackberries
Grandma made warm blackberry jam every September using fruit from the garden.
奶奶每年九月都用院子裡的水果煮溫熱的黑莓果醬。
collocation: blackberry jam / pie / crumble
The children's mouths and fingers were stained dark purple from eating wild blackberries.
孩子們吃了野生黑莓，嘴巴和手指都被染成深紫色。
There were small black seeds stuck between Tom's teeth after he ate the blackberries.
Tom 吃完黑莓後，牙縫裡卡著一些黑色小籽。
Add a cup of fresh blackberries to the yogurt for a quick summer breakfast.
在優格裡加一杯新鮮黑莓，就是夏日的快速早餐。
- bramble
British, often refers to the thorny plant or its fruit together
文法句型
a/the blackberry
a bowl of blackberries
用法筆記
Countable, so use 'a blackberry' for one fruit and 'blackberries' for more. Often used as a noun modifier in food terms: 'blackberry jam', 'blackberry pie'.
常見錯誤
2. The thorny, climbing bush that produces blackberries. Its long stems trail along
黑莓樹叢
結黑莓的多刺蔓生灌木
The thorny, climbing bush that produces blackberries. Its long stems trail along hedges and waste ground, and they are covered in sharp prickles that can scratch your hands.
A thick blackberry had grown right across the path to the back gate.
一大叢黑莓樹叢長到擋住通往後門的小徑了。
Mr. Patel cut back the wild blackberries along the fence with thick leather gloves.
Patel 先生戴著厚皮手套，把籬笆旁的野生黑莓叢修剪掉。
collocation: cut back the blackberries
Birds love to nest deep inside a blackberry, where the thorns keep cats away.
鳥兒喜歡在黑莓叢深處築巢，因為刺可以擋住貓。
The old garden was full of nettles, brambles, and one huge flowering blackberry.
舊花園裡長滿了蕁麻、黑莓藤，還有一棵開花的大黑莓叢。
- bramble
the most common British word for the plant
- blackberry bush
fuller, less ambiguous form used in everyday speech
文法句型
a blackberry bush
用法筆記
More often called 'blackberry bush' or 'bramble' in everyday speech; the bare noun 'a blackberry' for the plant is most common in gardening or nature writing. Distinguish from sense 1 (the fruit itself).
blackberry — 動詞
1. To go out into the countryside and collect blackberries from wild bushes, usuall
採黑莓
到野外採集野生黑莓
To go out into the countryside and collect blackberries from wild bushes, usually as a free, fun activity in late summer or early autumn.
Every September, Linnea and her cousins go blackberrying along the canal path.
每年九月，Linnea 和表兄妹都會沿著運河小徑去採黑莓。
common form: go blackberrying
We went blackberrying for two hours and came home with a heavy basket of fruit.
我們去採了兩個小時的黑莓，提著一大籃水果回家。
past form: went blackberrying
Aunt Helen still loves going blackberrying on the lanes behind her village in Devon.
Helen 阿姨還是很喜歡在 Devon 村後的小路上去採黑莓。
The school took the children blackberrying as part of a nature lesson last Friday.
上週五，學校帶孩子們去採黑莓，當作自然課的一部分。
- forage
broader; covers collecting any wild food, not just blackberries
文法句型
go blackberrying
用法筆記
Mainly British and chiefly used in the -ing form 'blackberrying', often with 'go' or 'take someone'. The bare base form 'to blackberry' is rare in modern speech.