|
grapevine 音标拼音: [gr'epv ,ɑɪn] n. 葡萄藤,葡萄树,秘密情报网 葡萄藤,葡萄树,秘密情报网 grapevine n 1: gossip spread by spoken communication; " the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [ synonym: { grapevine}, { pipeline}, { word of mouth}] 2: any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries [ synonym: { grape}, { grapevine}, { grape vine}] Grapevine \ Grape" vine`\, n. ( Bot.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus { Vitis}, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called { grapes}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is { Vitis vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called { Zante currants}. The northern { Fox grape} of the United States is the { V. Labrusca}, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern { Fox grape}, or { Muscadine}, is the { V. vulpina}. The { Frost grape} is { V. cordifolia}, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts. [ 1913 Webster] 109 Moby Thesaurus words for " grapevine": adviser, algae, announcer, annunciator, authority, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, bruit, bush telegraph, buzz, canard, channel, climber, common talk, communicant, communicator, conferva, confervoid, creeper, cry, diatom, enlightener, expert witness, fern, flying rumor, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, gossip, gossipmonger, grapevine telegraph, green algae, gulfweed, hearsay, herb, heterophyte, idea afloat, informant, information center, information medium, informer, interviewee, ivy, kelp, latrine rumor, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, monitor, moss, mouthpiece, mushroom, news stirring, newsmonger, notifier, on- dit, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, pipeline, planktonic algae, plant families, press, public relations officer, publisher, puffball, pulse, radio, red algae, report, reporter, rockweed, roorback, rumble, rumor, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, scuttlebutt, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, source, spokesman, succulent, talk, television, teller, tipster, toadstool, tout, town talk, unconfirmed report, vetch, vine, whisper, witness, wort, wrack |
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相关资料:
|