gooseberry
[ˈgu:sberi]
n.
醋栗;
醋栗树丛;
（陪伴年轻女人到交际场所的）女伴;
当电灯泡（夹在两个情侶之间的不知趣者）;
例句:
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There is a screech from among the gooseberry bushes.
来自Day Lewis
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Spoon a dollop of the gooseberry jam on top.
来自BBC
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Dave and Michelle invited me to go out with them but I don't want to play gooseberry all evening.
戴夫和米歇尔邀请我跟他们一起出去,不过我可不想整个晚上都当电灯泡.
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Right and left of the path were first a bed of gooseberry - bushes.
在小径的两旁,首先是栽着鹅莓丛的花坛.
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I didn't wish to play gooseberry, ie be the unwanted person.
我可不想当不识趣的人.
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Her husband...a clumsy gooseberry to this scene of painful intimacy.
来自G. Swift