英语词汇“miraculous berry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

miraculous berry n.

Brit.

/mᵻˈrakjᵿləs ˌbɛri/

U.S.

/məˈrækjələs ˌbɛri/

West African English

/miˌrakulɔz ˈbɛri/

any of several West African berries which when chewed have the property of making sour or salty things taste sweet; spec. the fruit of Synsepalum dulcificum (family Sapotaceae); (also) the plant from which such a berry is obtained.

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1852 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 11 445 European voyagers and traders..were..greatly astonished at what to them must have appeared an extraordinary power, whose potency..could change the flavour of the most acid substances into a delicious sweetness, and on this account unanimously conferred upon it the characteristic title of the ‘miraculous berry’.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1057/2 The fruits of S[ideroxylon] dulcificum..are one of the kinds known to the English residents in Western tropical Africa..under the name of Miraculous-berry, from their being eaten in order to counteract the acidity of any article of food or drink.

1964 R. W. J. Keay et al. Nigerian Trees II. 363 It is S[ynsepalum] dulcificum.., the ‘Miraculous Berry’. The fruits of this plant have the peculiar property of making everything eaten within 2 or 3 hours afterwards taste sweet.

1990 D. K. Abbiw Useful Plants Ghana i. 12 A group of wild fruits as possible sources for sweeteners are Synsepalum dulcificum Miraculous Berry, [etc.].

单词	miraculous berry
释义	> as lemmas miraculous berry miraculous berry n. Brit. /mᵻˈrakjᵿləs ˌbɛri/ , U.S. /məˈrækjələs ˌbɛri/ , West African English /miˌrakulɔz ˈbɛri/ any of several West African berries which when chewed have the property of making sour or salty things taste sweet; spec. the fruit of Synsepalum dulcificum (family Sapotaceae); (also) the plant from which such a berry is obtained. ΚΠ 1852 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 11 445 European voyagers and traders..were..greatly astonished at what to them must have appeared an extraordinary power, whose potency..could change the flavour of the most acid substances into a delicious sweetness, and on this account unanimously conferred upon it the characteristic title of the ‘miraculous berry’. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1057/2 The fruits of S[ideroxylon] dulcificum..are one of the kinds known to the English residents in Western tropical Africa..under the name of Miraculous-berry, from their being eaten in order to counteract the acidity of any article of food or drink. 1964 R. W. J. Keay et al. Nigerian Trees II. 363 It is S[ynsepalum] dulcificum.., the ‘Miraculous Berry’. The fruits of this plant have the peculiar property of making everything eaten within 2 or 3 hours afterwards taste sweet. 1990 D. K. Abbiw Useful Plants Ghana i. 12 A group of wild fruits as possible sources for sweeteners are Synsepalum dulcificum Miraculous Berry, [etc.]. extracted from miraculousadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
随便看	to hang it up to hang long betwixt one's fingers to hang long betwixt one'the fingers to hang loose to hang loose to to hang off to hang on to hang on a person's lips to hang on by one's fingernails to hang on by one's fingertips to hang on by the eyelids to hang on in the hedge to hang on lips to hang on one's mind to hang on or in a string to hang on someone's rear to hang on the hedge to hang on the trip to hang on to to hang on to something by one's fingernails to hang on to something by one's fingertips to hang on, upon, of a person's sleeve to hang on, upon, of sleeve to hang one on to hang one's ears

> as lemmas