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.

他讓司機去給他買一杯草莓奶昔。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I only had a strawberry yoghurt for breakfast.

我早餐隻吃一個草莓酸奶.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Strawberry is in season this month.

這個月草莓要上市了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The wild strawberry is 2 cm long.

野草莓有兩厘米長.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

你可能會買木瓜和草莓.

來自超越目標英語 第3冊