grape

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

grape [grape grapes] BrE [ɡreɪp] NAmE [ɡreɪp] noun
a small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a ↑vine). Wine is made from grapes
•a bunch of grapes
•black/white grapes (= ↑grapes that are actually purple/green in colour)
•We picked grapes in the south of France last summer.
see sour grapes at ↑sour _adj.

Word Origin:
Middle 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.

Example Bank:
•The peasants used to tread the grapes in huge vats.
•lovely sweet grapes

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  grapeshot, grapevine, grape vine