英语词汇“gooseberry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gooseberry

/ˈɡʊzb(ə)ri

/ /ˈɡuːsb(ə)ri/

noun (plural gooseberries)

1A round edible yellowish-green or reddish berry with a thin translucent hairy skin.Apples, crab apples, gooseberries, and some plums and grapes usually contain enough natural pectin to form a gel....

Outdoor-grown rhubarb is the only indigenous fruit till the gooseberries and very early strawberries show their faces next month.
‘Josta’ berry takes the looks of a gooseberry, removes the thorns, and makes it sweeter.

2The thorny European shrub which bears gooseberries.

Ribes grossularia, family Grossulariaceae.

Every time my gooseberry bush starts to bear fruit, it develops a fungus....

There were figs, walnuts, mulberries, apples, pears, damsons, gooseberries, elderberries, raspberries - and chickens, which we had inherited from the previous owners.
To the rear of Old Hall is a large walled garden that has lawns and a variety of plants and shrubs, as well as strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, plum and apple trees.

3British informal A third person in the company of two people, especially lovers, who would prefer to be alone: they didn’t want me playing gooseberry on their first date...

I was playing gooseberry at Sunday lunch in Dunbrody House, Wexford.
I stayed for the next two days, but seeing Beth and Steve together made me feel a bit of a gooseberry.

From gooseberry-picker, referring to an activity used as a pretext for the lovers to be together

Origin

Mid 16th century: the first element perhaps from goose, or perhaps based on Old French groseille, altered because of an unexplained association with the bird.

单词	gooseberry
释义	gooseberry /ˈɡʊzb(ə)ri / /ˈɡuːsb(ə)ri/ noun (plural gooseberries) 1A round edible yellowish-green or reddish berry with a thin translucent hairy skin.Apples, crab apples, gooseberries, and some plums and grapes usually contain enough natural pectin to form a gel.... Outdoor-grown rhubarb is the only indigenous fruit till the gooseberries and very early strawberries show their faces next month. ‘Josta’ berry takes the looks of a gooseberry, removes the thorns, and makes it sweeter. 2The thorny European shrub which bears gooseberries. Ribes grossularia, family Grossulariaceae. Every time my gooseberry bush starts to bear fruit, it develops a fungus.... There were figs, walnuts, mulberries, apples, pears, damsons, gooseberries, elderberries, raspberries - and chickens, which we had inherited from the previous owners. To the rear of Old Hall is a large walled garden that has lawns and a variety of plants and shrubs, as well as strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, plum and apple trees. 3British informal A third person in the company of two people, especially lovers, who would prefer to be alone: they didn’t want me playing gooseberry* on their first date... I was playing gooseberry at Sunday lunch in Dunbrody House, Wexford. I stayed for the next two days, but seeing Beth and Steve together made me feel a bit of a gooseberry. From gooseberry-picker, referring to an activity used as a pretext for the lovers to be together Origin Mid 16th century: the first element perhaps from goose, or perhaps based on Old French groseille*, altered because of an unexplained association with the bird.
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