dogberry

dog·ber·ry

D0320300 (dôg′bĕr′ē, dŏg′-)n.1. Any of various wild fruit-bearing shrubs or trees, such as a dogwood, gooseberry, or mountain ash.2. The fruit of any of these plants.

dogberry

(ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ; -bərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) any of certain plants that have berry-like fruits, such as the European dogwood or the bearberry2. (Cookery) the fruit of any of these plants

dogberry

(ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ; -bərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (sometimes capital) a foolish, meddling, and usually old official[after Dogberry, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing (1598)] ˈdogberryˌism n

dog•ber•ry

(ˈdɔgˌbɛr i, -bə ri, ˈdɒg-)

n., pl. -ries. 1. the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana. 2. the plant itself. [1545–55]

单词	dogberry
释义	dogberry dog·ber·ry D0320300 (dôg′bĕr′ē, dŏg′-)n.1. Any of various wild fruit-bearing shrubs or trees, such as a dogwood, gooseberry, or mountain ash.2. The fruit of any of these plants. dogberry (ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ; -bərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) any of certain plants that have berry-like fruits, such as the European dogwood or the bearberry2. (Cookery) the fruit of any of these plants dogberry (ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ; -bərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (sometimes capital) a foolish, meddling, and usually old official[after Dogberry, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing (1598)] ˈdogberryˌism n dog•ber•ry (ˈdɔgˌbɛr i, -bə ri, ˈdɒg-) n., pl. -ries. 1. the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana. 2. the plant itself. [1545–55] Dogberry Dogberry constable who garbles every phrase he speaks. [Br. Drama: Benét, 277]See: Diction, Faulty Dogberry officious, inept constable. [Br. Lit.: Much Ado About Nothing]See: Ineptitude Dogberry ostentatiously and fastidiously examines prisoners. [Br. Lit.: Much Ado About Nothing]See: Pretension
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