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cranberry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cran·ber·ry /ˈkrænbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural cranberries) [countable]  DFa small red sour fruit 越橘 cranberry sauce 越橘调味汁5 see picture at 见图 fruit1
Examples from the Corpus
cranberryWe have apple juice and cranberry juice.Grapefruit can help reduce harmful blood cholesterol levels and cranberry juice relieves cystitis.It's lovely with new potatoes and cranberry sauce.Sun-dried cranberries are a related delicacy that offer many of the same advantages and uses.How extraordinary is obvious when Leiser discusses his triumphs over a glass of cranberry juice.Oh, Benjy, we needed some cranberry sauce, but I called and asked Aunt Maude to bring some.Festive Filling - cooked chopped turkey and apple combined with cranberry sauce. 9.Our hotel had an indoor pool, a nightclub and good food - notably, reindeer stew with cranberry sauce.
Origin cranberry (1600-1700) Low German kraanbere, from kraan crane + bere berry; because a part of the flower looks like a crane's beak
cran·ber·ry nounChineseSyllable
sour a red Corpus fruit small


cranberry
cranberry /ˈkrænbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural cranberries) [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Low German
 Origin: kraanbere, from kraan 'crane' + bere 'berry'; because a part of the flower looks like a crane's beak
a small red sour fruit:
    cranberry sauce


cran·berryBrE /ˈkrænbəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkrænberi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
cran·berries
)
a small sour red berry that grows on a small bush and is used in cooking 越橘,小红莓(用于烹饪)cranberry sauce越橘调味汁