strawberry

• n. 草莓；草莓色

straw,草，berry,莓子。

strawberry

strawberry: [OE] The origins of strawberry have long puzzled etymologists. The two most plausible suggestions put forward are that the runners put out by strawberry plants, long trailing shoots that spread across the ground, reminded people of straws laid on the floor; and that word preserves a now defunct sense of straw, ‘small piece of straw or chaff’, supposedly in allusion to the fruit’s ‘chafflike’ external seeds.

strawberry (n.)

Old English streawberige, streaberie; see straw + berry. There is no corresponding compound in other Germanic languages; the reason for the name is uncertain, but perhaps it is in reference to the tiny chaff-like external seeds which cover the fruit. A cognate Old English name was eorðberge "earth-berry" (compare Modern German erdbeere). As a color adjective from 1670s. Strawberry blonde is attested from 1884. Strawberry mark (1847) so called for its resemblance.

1. He sent his driver to fetch him a strawberry shake.

他让司机去给他买一杯草莓奶昔。

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2. I only had a strawberry yoghurt for breakfast.

我早餐只吃一个草莓酸奶.

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3. Strawberry is in season this month.

这个月草莓要上市了.

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4. The wild strawberry is 2 cm long.

野草莓有两厘米长.

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5. You might be able to buy papaya or strawberry.

你可能会买木瓜和草莓.

来自超越目标英语 第3册