cranberry

cranberry — 名詞

1. About the size of a pea, this sour-tasting red fruit grows on low bushes in cold

1.名詞A2
釋義

蔓越莓

一種小圓形紅色酸味水果

About the size of a pea, this sour-tasting red fruit grows on low bushes in cold, wet regions. People cook it with sugar or dry it to make sauce, juice, and baked goods.

例句

Every autumn, the Okonkwo family picks fresh cranberries from the bog near their farm.

每年秋天，Okonkwo 一家人都會從農場附近的沼澤地採收新鮮的蔓越莓。

collocation: cranberry bog

Eleni added dried cranberries to her oatmeal for a sweet-and-sour breakfast.

Eleni 在燕麥片裡加了蔓越莓乾，讓早餐吃起來酸酸甜甜的。

dried cranberries in cooking

文法句型

cranberry + noun (attributive)

用法筆記

Fresh cranberries are very sour and are almost always cooked with sugar or dried before eating. Raw cranberries are rarely eaten on their own.

常見錯誤

❌I put some cranberries in my tea.
✅I put some dried cranberries in my tea.
💡Fresh cranberries are too sour to steep in tea; the dried version is used as a flavouring or snack.

2. a low evergreen bush that grows in cold, wet ground and produces the sour red be

2.名詞B1
釋義

蔓越莓灌木

結蔓越莓果實的低矮灌木

a low evergreen bush that grows in cold, wet ground and produces the sour red berries called cranberries

例句

The cranberry vines spread across the flooded bog on the Yamamoto family's farm.

山本家農場的蔓越莓藤蔓在淹水的沼澤上蔓延生長。

cranberry vine / flooded bog cultivation

Cranberry needs cold winters and plenty of water to produce a good crop.

蔓越莓灌木需要寒冷的冬天和充足的水分才能長出好的果實。

同義詞
  • cranberry bush

    more specific — refers to the plant rather than the fruit

常見錯誤

❌We need to water the cranberries in the garden.' (when referring to the plants)
✅We need to water the cranberry bushes in the garden.
💡The berry itself is called a cranberry, but the plant is more clearly referred to as a cranberry bush or cranberry plant.