water of life

短语

n. 生命之水,酒

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of aqua vitae, a distilled spirit.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Synonym of whisky/whiskey.

    苏格兰 不可数
  3. 3.

    Spiritual refreshment.

    比喻 不可数 宗教

词源

Chiefly a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae directly and via Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and Irish uisce beatha. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, whisky, and whiskey from the same sources. Compare also vodka, whose (borrowed) roots also refer to a special kind of water, as it were.

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