whisky

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n. 威士忌酒, 轻便马车 [化] 威士忌酒

发音

US /ˈwɪski/

词形变化

whiskies 复数

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, (particularly) Scotch; a drink of this liquor.

    澳大利亚 加拿大 苏格兰 可数 不可数
  2. 1.

    Alternative form of whiskey (“a light gig or carriage”).

    历史

    1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 7-8, Look into old age, you will see avarice joined to poverty—letchery, gout, impotency, like three monkeys, or London bucks, in a one-horse whisky, driving to the Devil.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

whiskey

上位词 6

spirits liquor booze hard drink hard liquor strong drink

下位词 10

corn scotch bourbon rye Irish corn whiskey Irish whiskey malt whiskey malt whisky Scotch whisky

整体词 3

old-fashioned manhattan whiskey sour

相关短语

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词源

Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.

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