currant
n.(无核)葡萄干,黑醋栗
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currant为短语/超纲词汇
currant
/'kʌrənt; `kɝənt/
n
1 small sweet dried seedless grape used in cookery 无子葡萄乾
*[attrib 作定语] a currant bun 葡萄乾小圆面包.
2 (usu in compounds 通常用以构成复合词) (cultivated bush with) small black, red or white fruit growing in clusters 醋栗; 醋栗树
*blackcurrants
* redcurrants.
currant
n[C][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: raison of Coraunte
'raisin of Corinth' (14-17 centuries), from Corinth city and area in Greece]
a small dried
grape used especially in baking cakes
→
raisin, sultana
sultanaa small round red or black
berry→
blackcurrant, redcurrant