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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
grape
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
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