a small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a vine). Wine is made from grapes.葡萄- a bunch of grapes一串葡萄
- black/white grapes (= grapes that are actually purple/green in colour)紫／绿葡萄
- We picked grapes in the south of France last summer.去年夏天，我们在法国南部采摘了葡萄。
- The peasants used to tread the grapes in huge vats.农民以前站在大桶里踩葡萄。
- lovely sweet grapes香甜可口的葡萄
Topics Foodb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of grapesverb + grapegrape + nounSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English (also in the Old French sense): from Old French, ‘bunch of grapes’, probably from graper ‘gather (grapes)’, from grap ‘hook’ (denoting an implement used in harvesting grapes), of Germanic origin.
