raspberry

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/    /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The plant Rubus idaeus.
  2. A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision. colloquial
    — Of the announcement, Osborne said: "They have spent a hundred billion pounds of public money and they've got a massive raspberry from everyone as far as I can see. As a PR exercise, it's been an object lesson in how not to make a government announcement."
  3. Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus.
  4. A physically disabled person. colloquial,derogatory
  5. The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
  6. A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.
动词 v.
  1. To gather or forage for raspberries.
    — […] she stuck burrs in my bed and lead me through the nettle-patch when we were raspberrying, because she knew I did n't know nettles; […]
  2. To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence. colloquial
形容词 adj.
  1. Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
    — It’s a gorgeous ice cream dream…a generous roll of vanilla shaped like a log…sprinkled with toasted pecan nuts…and filled with an egg-shaped center of the raspberriest raspberry ice cream ever!
  2. Of a dark pinkish red.
    — She wore a raspberry beret / The kind you find in a second hand store

词形变化

raspberries plural raspberrier comparative raspberriest superlative raspberries present,singular,third-person raspberrying participle,present raspberried participle,past raspberried past raspberries plural raspberries present,singular,third-person raspberrying participle,present raspberried participle,past raspberried past

词源

词源 1
From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin.
词源 2
Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple.
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