Word · Frequency #16928
blackberries
黑莓
blackberries is the plural of blackberry.
核心释义
指果实
a sweet black or very dark purple edible berry that grows on a bramble bush
- 1.
悬钩子属复合种欧洲黑莓及其部分杂交种的一种结莓灌木。
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
- 2.
黑莓设备；一种无线手持设备,介于手机和移动电子邮件设备之间,具备上网功能的PDA,由BlackBerry Limited销售。
A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
- 3.
该灌木结出的柔软果实,由小核果聚合而成,成熟时呈黑色。
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
黑莓灌木；悬钩子属复合种欧洲黑莓及其部分杂交种的一种结莓灌木。；黑莓设备；一种无线手持设备,介于手机和移动电子邮件设备之间,具备上网功能的PDA,由BlackBerry Limited销售。；该灌木结出的柔软果实,由小核果聚合而成,成熟时呈黑色。；刺
用法In use
I picked a ripe blackberry from the bush and ate it immediately.
用法提示：blackberry 作可数名词单数，指黑莓果实。
These blackberries are too sour to eat without sugar.
用法提示：blackberries 是 blackberry 的复数形式，指多颗黑莓。
The blackberry bush in our garden has grown taller than the fence.
用法提示：blackberry 作定语修饰 bush，指黑莓灌木。
blackberries are + [adjective]
blackberry 作名词指黑莓果实，常用复数形式 blackberries 作主语。
These blackberries are sweet.
这些黑莓很甜。
blackberry + [noun]
blackberry 作名词也可指黑莓灌木，并常作定语修饰其他名词，如 blackberry bush（黑莓灌木）、blackberry pie（黑莓派）。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- blackberry bush
- 黑莓灌木
- We found a blackberry bush at the edge of the field.我们在田地边上发现了一丛黑莓灌木。
- blackberry jam
- 黑莓酱
- She spread some blackberry jam on her toast.她在吐司上抹了一些黑莓酱。
- pick blackberries
- 采摘黑莓
- In late summer, we go to pick blackberries along the lane.夏末我们去小路旁采摘黑莓。
- wild blackberries
- 野生黑莓
- Wild blackberries are smaller but sweeter than cultivated ones.野生黑莓比种植的黑莓更小但更甜。
- blackberry pie
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 black（黑）和 berry（莓）合在一起：黑莓就是黑色的浆果。首尾都是 b，联想黑莓手机的拼写也是它。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：在超市、在厨房、在花园 作名词指黑莓或黑莓灌木时，通常为中性词，适用于日常食品、园艺等场景，口语和书面语中都自然。
语法说明Grammar Note
动词常用于 -ing 形式 blackberrying，表示采摘黑莓的活动。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The -berry words (strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, cranberry) all end in the letters -berry and the unstressed sound /bəri/, but they are not true rhymes with blackberry because the stressed vowel is in the first part and differs. Blackbird and blackboard share the initial spelling black- but sound different: their stressed vowel and ending differ from blackberry, so do not let the spelling mislead you.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.