Word · Frequency #16928
blackberry
黑莓
a sweet black or very dark purple edible berry that grows on a bramble bush
指果实
- 1.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
- 2.
A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
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。
- 3.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
黑莓灌木；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。；刺；黑莓；[医] 黑果莓
In use
I picked a ripe blackberry from the bush and ate it immediately.
These blackberries are too sour to eat without sugar.
The blackberry bush in our garden has grown taller than the fence.
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）。
a blackberry bush
一棵黑莓灌木。
go blackberrying
blackberry 作动词意为“采摘黑莓”，常与 go 搭配构成 go + -ing 结构，表示去从事该活动。
Connections
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
- 黑莓派
- Grandma baked a blackberry pie for the family reunion.奶奶为家庭聚会烤了一个黑莓派。
- go blackberrying
Learner notes
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。
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。
Grammar Note
动词常用于 -ing 形式 blackberrying，表示采摘黑莓的活动。
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.
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。
Learn the forms together
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