noun🔗Share醋栗，灯笼果 A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant."We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year."今年我们从灌木丛上采摘到了不少醋栗 (灯笼果)。fruitfoodplantChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share醋栗, 刺莓。 Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry."My grandmother's garden had both currants and gooseberries, but I had to be careful picking the gooseberries because the bushes had prickly spines. "我奶奶的花园里既有红醋栗，也有醋栗/刺莓，但是采摘醋栗的时候要小心，因为灌木丛上有刺。fruitplantChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share醋栗，灯笼果。 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:"Even though they're called "gooseberries," Cape gooseberries are actually in the nightshade family, making them distant cousins of tomatoes rather than true gooseberries. "即使它们的名字里有“醋栗/灯笼果”，但灯笼果实际上是茄科植物，这使它们更像是番茄的远房亲戚，而不是真正的醋栗/灯笼果。fruitplantfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share牵线人, 电灯泡. (British slang) A chaperone.""We couldn't hold hands at the dance because Aunt Mildred was playing gooseberries the whole time." "因为米尔德里德姨妈一直在当电灯泡，我们在舞会上都没法牵手。personentertainmentcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share电灯泡，多余的人。 An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation."Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry."罗伯特和苏珊如胶似漆，情意绵绵，任何人在他们身边都会觉得自己像个电灯泡一样，非常多余。personfamilysituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share笨蛋，傻瓜 (British slang) A fool.""Don't be such a gooseberries; you can't actually believe everything you read online." "别 这么 傻瓜 了，你 不可能 真 的 相信 网上 的 所有 东西 吧。personlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share无稽之谈, 弥天大谎. (British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.""He told me he won the lottery twice, but I think that's just a load of gooseberries." "他跟我说他中了两次彩票，我觉得那纯粹是无稽之谈。storylanguageentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蛋蛋，睾丸。 (British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle."He took a sharp intake of breath and clutched at his trousers, muttering about having kicked himself in the gooseberries. "他倒吸一口凉气，一把抓住裤子，嘟囔着说自己踢到了蛋蛋。bodysexanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
