释义
[ rey -zin ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈreɪ zɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
dark purplish blue.
Origin of raisin 1350–1400; Middle English
raisin, reisin <Old French <Vulgar Latin
*racīmus, for Latin
racēmus raceme
OTHER WORDS FROM raisin rai·sin·y, adjective Words nearby raisin raise one's voice, raise the ante, raise the curtain, raise the devil, raise the roof, raisin , raising, raising plate, Raisin River, raison d'état, raison d'être
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When Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, America was shimmering with the stirrings of social agitation.
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An' as for the Simmonses, I don't believe they see a raisin from one year's end to the other.
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The Congleton cakes are of triangular form, with a raisin inserted at each corner.
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They flocked round and swooped down upon the parcel like birds of prey, and left not a raisin behind.
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The red gintlemen, for some raisin at all, or more likely without any raisin , have taken a great anxiety to make our acquaintance.
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It has always been the ambition of California's raisin makers to produce the Dehesa brand.
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British Dictionary definitions for raisin
Derived forms of raisin raisiny , adjective Word Origin for raisin C13: from Old French: grape, ultimately from Latin racēmus cluster of grapes; compare Greek rhax berry, grape
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