late 14c., developed from 13c. morberie, or cognate Middle High German mul-beri (alteration by dissimilation of Old High German mur-beri, Modern German Maulbeere); both from Latin morum "mulberry, blackberry," + Old English berie, Old High German beri "berry." The Latin word probably is from Greek moron "mulberry," from PIE *moro- "blackberry, mulberry" (cognates: Armenian mor "blackberry," Middle Irish merenn, Welsh merwydden "mulberry"). Children's singing game with a chorus beginning "Here we go round the mulberry bush" is attested from 1820s, first in Scotland.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Silkworms are fed mulberry leaves after they have hatched.
蠶孵出后食桑葉.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. In another couple of years they'll even be wanting foreign mulberry trees!
過(guò)幾年他們連桑葉都要洋種了!
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 春蠶
3. Behind the row of mulberry trees were paddy fields.
那一片桑樹(shù)背后就是稻田.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 春蠶
4. The spurting blood turned the white mulberry tree into a dark purple.