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.
实用例句
1. Silkworms are fed mulberry leaves after they have hatched.
蚕孵出后食桑叶.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. In another couple of years they'll even be wanting foreign mulberry trees!
过几年他们连桑叶都要洋种了!来自汉英文学 - 春蚕
3. Behind the row of mulberry trees were paddy fields.
那一片桑树背后就是稻田.来自汉英文学 - 春蚕
4. The spurting blood turned the white mulberry tree into a dark purple.
