| 词汇 | currant |
| 释义 | currant noun[ C ] uk /ˈkʌr.ənt/ us /ˈkɝː.ənt/ currantnoun[C] (DRY FRUIT)a small, black dried grape without seeds, used especially in cakes: （尤用于做蛋糕的）小葡萄干 currant buns葡萄干小圆面包 Pete Farrington/EyeEm/GettyImages Types of fruit ackee alligator pear alpine strawberry amla açaí cloudberry coconut cooker cooking apple copra loganberry longan loquat lychee majhool date redcurrant rockmelon rose hip salmonberry saskatoon currantnoun[C] (FRUIT)a small, round fruit that grows on bushes and is eaten fresh or cooked: 醋栗，茶藨子 blackcurrants/redcurrants黑醋栗／红醋栗 currant bushes醋栗灌木 Note:This word is often used in compounds. Beata Haliw/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Types of fruit ackee alligator pear alpine strawberry amla açaí cloudberry coconut cooker cooking apple copra loganberry longan loquat lychee majhool date redcurrant rockmelon rose hip salmonberry saskatoon currant | American Dictionarycurrant noun[ C ] us/ˈkɜr·ənt, ˈkʌr·ənt/ a sour berry (= small, round fruit) that grows on bushes, or the plant on which it grows: red currant jelly A currant is also a small raisin (= dried fruit) used esp. in baking. Examples of currantcurrant Perhaps, then, visual representations of food - including images of cherries or currants - functioned as substitutes or displacements for the #! We have all got to pay more for currants, plums, potatoes, tomatoes and turnips. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Home-grown currants, in 1923–25, averaged about 300,000 cwts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The currants were white and sugary, and therefore unsuited for sale as groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you have a loaf of bread with currants in, what is that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The importation of black currants this year, though considerable, is appreciably less than was the case at this period last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are raising this year just over £10,000,000 by taxation from food—tea, sugar, cocoa, currants, and other articles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were no appreciable imports of currants from these two countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware that prospects are good for certain fruit crops, including black currants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has he power to do anything at all in relation, say, to the cheapening of labour in the production of raspberries, currants and strawberries? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He told us that he had seen currants which had been bought from the grower at 2½ d. a lb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As regards black currants, there was a glut last year, but, with the introduction of canning factories, the glut has now been dealt with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The home crop of currants in that year was 328,000 cwts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A further allowance is made for the cost of cleaning the currants before they reach the consumer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Considerable quantities of currants have recently arrived in this country and are being distributed as rapidly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of currant These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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