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单词 grape hyacinth
释义

grape1 /grāp/

noun
  1. The small, green- or dark purple-skinned fruit of the grapevine, growing in bunches, used to make wine, dried to make raisins, or eaten raw
  2. A mangy tumour on the legs of horses, or the form of tuberculosis it is indicative of (veterinary medicine)
  3. Grapeshot
ORIGIN: OFr grape, grappe a cluster of grapes, from grape a hook; orig Gmc

grapeˈless adjective

(of wine) without the flavour of the grape

grāˈpery noun

A building or place where grapes are grown

grāˈpey or grāˈpy adjective

Made of or like grapes

grapeˈfruit noun

  1. A large, round, yellow-skinned citrus fruit, so called because it grows in large bunches like grapes
  2. The evergreen tree bearing it

grape hyacinth noun

Any of several plants of the genus Muscari closely related to the hyacinths, with clusters of small grapelike flowers

grape ivy noun

An evergreen climbing vine (Rhoicissus rhomboidea), popular as a houseplant for its glossy foliage

grapeˈlouse noun

An insect (Viteus vitifolii) which is a serious pest of vines

grapeˈseed noun

The seed of the vine

grapeˈseed-oil noun

An oil pressed from grapeseed

grapeˈshot noun

Clustered iron shot that scatters when fired

grapeˈstone noun

The pip of the grape

grape sugar noun

Glucose or dextrose

grapeˈtree noun

A tropical American tree (Coccoloba uvifera) of the family Polygonaceae, or its edible fruit

grapeˈvine noun

  1. Vitis vinifera or other species of Vitis
  2. The bush telegraph, rumour (from its far-stretching branches) (informal)

sea grape see under sea

sour grapes

Saying or pretending that something is not worth having because one cannot have it oneself (from Aesop's fable of the fox and the grapes)

the grape (usu facetious)

Wine

hyacinth /hīˈə-sinth/

noun
  1. A flower (a bluebell or blue larkspur) that sprang from the blood of Hyacinthus, a youth accidentally killed by Apollo (Gr myth)
  2. A bulbous genus (Hyacinthus) of the lily family, cultivated
  3. Extended to others of the family, such as wild hyacinth (the English bluebell), grape hyacinth (genus Muscari), and Cape hyacinth a species of Galtonia (G. candicans) with white flowers
  4. A blue gemstone of the ancients (perh aquamarine)
  5. A red, brown or yellow zircon-jacinth
  6. Cinnamon stone
  7. A purple colour, of various hues
ORIGIN: Gr hyakinthos a species of Scilla, blue larkspur, or a blue stone; cf jacinth

hyacinˈthine adjective

  1. Consisting of or resembling hyacinth
  2. Very beautiful, like Hyacinthus
  3. Of a colour variously understood as golden, purple-black, or a blue or purple of some kind

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