cranberry
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 越橘
构词拆分
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 源自 ←nds-nl
- 源自 ←nds-de Kraanbeere
词源说明
Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry.
Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
形容词 Adjective
- Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
动词 Verb
- (colloquial, Appalachia) To gather wild cranberries.