arrack
英 ['ærək; ə'ræk]
美['ærək]
- n. 亚力酒；烧酒
英英释义
- 1. any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
英文词源
- arrack
- arrack: [17] Arrack is an Asian alcoholic drink distilled from rice or molasses. The word comes ultimately from Arabic ‘araq ‘sweat, juice, liquor’, which was borrowed in a variety of forms into several Asiatic languages. The immediate source of English arrack seems to have been an Indian language.
- arrack (n.)
- c. 1600, probably picked up in India, ultimately from Arabic araq, literally "sweat, juice;" used of native liquors in Eastern countries, especially those distilled from fermented sap of coconut palm, sometimes from rice or molasses.