核心畫面

A very small dark fruit, no bigger than the tip of a finger, that comes in bunches. Dry it and it goes into a cake; leave it on the bush and it stays sharp enough to need sugar.

可以想成:一顆比指尖還小的深色果子,總是一串一串地出現。曬乾了,就變成撒進蛋糕裡的那種小葡萄乾;留在樹上,就是酸到得更多收起可以想成:一顆比指尖還小的深色果子,總是一串一串地出現。曬乾了,就變成撒進蛋糕裡的那種小葡萄乾;留在樹上,就是酸到得配糖吃的漿果。英文用同一個字管這三件事——乾果、鮮果、還有結果子的那叢樹。分辨的方法不在字本身,在它旁邊的動詞。

From the word’s history

Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe, literally 'grape of Corinth', the Greek city these tiny dried grapes were shipped from. The word is a doublet of Corinth; Dutch krent is a cognate.

這個字借自法文 raisin de Corinthe,字面是「科林斯的葡萄」——科林斯是希臘的城市,這種極小顆的葡萄乾早期從那裡運出來。也就是說,currant 和 Corinth 其實是同一個源頭,一個地名被磨成了水果名。荷蘭文的 krent 是它的同源字。

Wiktionary entry for currant, etymology section (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:319853515)

Two branches

曬乾的那一顆

這是字義的起點,也是名字的來源:從科林斯運來的迷你葡萄乾。它的家在廚房和烤箱裡。

noun · B1

A small dried grape, dark and sweet, used mostly in baking. Currants are mixed into cakes, buns, and biscuits.

小葡萄乾

還長在樹上的那一串

同樣小小圓圓、成串生長的果子,只是還沒離開枝頭。名字被借過來之後,連那叢樹也一起用了同一個字。

noun · B2

A small round berry, red, black, or white, that grows in bunches on a bush. Currants taste sharp, so they are usually cooked with sugar, or made into juice and jam.

醋栗

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Currantname

  • 1

    A surname from Old French.

currantnoun/ˈkʌɹənt/

  • 1

    A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.

  • 2

    The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

  • 3

    A shrub bearing such fruit.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。