“grape”在英语中的释义

noun

1. (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.

   • Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.

2. (countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

   • wild grape covering the back slope

3. (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.

   • sea grape; tail grape

4. (countable, uncountable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.

   • For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.

5. (uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.

   • men mowed down by grape

6. (pathology) A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.

7. (US, naval slang) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.

8. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A person's head.

adjective

1. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.

2. Of a dark purplish red colour.

verb

1. To pick grapes.

2. Of livestock, to develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.

3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.

4. (Northern UK) To grope.

5. (Hong Kong) To envy (derived from "sour grapes" idiom).

noun

1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

verb

1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.