malt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mɒlt/|/mɔːlt/    美 /mɔlt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. countable,uncountable
  2. Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. countable,uncountable
    — Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man.
  3. A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. US,countable,informal,uncountable
    — Afterward she sat in the drugstore sucking malt through a straw.
  4. Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain. transitive
  2. To become malt. intransitive
  3. To drink malt liquor. dated,humorous,intransitive

词形变化

malts plural malts present,singular,third-person malting participle,present malted participle,past malted past

词汇关系

衍生词
ball of malt double malt malt dust malt floor malt-forward malthouse malt house malting malt-kiln maltless malt liquor malt loaf malt-o-meal maltose malt sauna malt shop malt sugar malt tea malt vinegar malt whiskey malty rice malt single malt triple malt maltase malternative maltery maltin maltitol maltman maltol maltster maltworm maltable
相关词
mash wort

词源

词源 1
From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.
词源 2
From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.
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