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straw·ber·ry AHD[strôʹbĕr'ē] D.J.[ˈstrɔːˌberiː]K.K.[ˈstrɔˌbɛri]n.(名词)- Any of various low-growing plants of the genusFragaria, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of a red, fleshy, edible receptacle and numerous seedlike fruitlets. 草莓:草莓 属的一种低处生长的植物,有白色花和聚合果,该聚合果由红色肉质可食的花托和许多象种子样的果实组成
- The aggregate fruit of this plant.草莓:这种植物的聚合果
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English strēawberige 源自 古英语 strēawberige
- strēaw [straw] * see straw strēaw [稻草] * 参见 straw
- berige, berie [berry] * see berry berige, berie [浆果] * 参见 berry
注释- Izaak Walton's 1655 comment,"We may say of Angling as Dr. Boteler said of Strawberries; Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did,”is perhaps the nicest use of the wordstrawberry in its history. This history goes back much further in English to the Old English period when the word is first recorded.We know thatstrawberry was formed during that period from the Old English ancestors of our words straw and berry. What is not known is why the wordstraw is the first part of this compound. One possibility is that the small, one-seeded fruits on the surface of a strawberry resemble fragments of straw.尹扎卡·沃尔顿在1655年的评论道,“我们可以谈论钓鱼就如同包特勒医生谈论草莓;无疑地,上帝可以创造一种更好的浆果,但毫无疑问他从来没有做”,这一评论可能是strawberry 这个词在其历史上最好的用法。 在英语中,这个词的最早记录历史可更远地追溯到古英语时期。我们知道,strawberry 这个词在那时来自于我们的词语 straw 和 berry 的古英语祖先。 为什么这个复合词的前半部分为straw 无从得知。 一种可能是草莓表面小的单个种子状的果实象稻草的碎片
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