grape
noun /ɡreɪp/
/ɡreɪp/
Idioms - enlarge imagea small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a vine). Wine is made from grapes.
葡萄 - a bunch of grapes
一串葡萄 - black/white grapes (= grapes that are actually purple/green in colour)
紫/绿葡萄 - We picked grapes in the south of France last summer.
去年夏天我们在法国南部摘葡萄。 - The peasants used to tread the grapes in huge vats.
农民以前站在大桶里踩葡萄。 - lovely sweet grapes
香甜可口的葡萄
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sweet
- black
- green
- …
- bunch
- eat
- have
- grow
- …
- harvest
- juice
词源Middle English (also in the Old French sense): from Old French, ‘bunch of grapes’, probably from graper ‘gather (grapes)’, from grap ‘hook’ (denoting an implement used in harvesting grapes), of Germanic origin. - a bunch of grapes
Idioms
sour grapes
- (saying) used to show that you think somebody is jealous and is pretending that something is not important
酸葡萄(表示某人表面贬低某事物,实则是嫉妒) - He said he didn't want the job anyway, but that's just sour grapes.
他说他其实并不想干这份工作,这不过是吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸而已。
- He said he didn't want the job anyway, but that's just sour grapes.