mead

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 mēd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. uncountable,usually
    — "Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."
  2. A meadow. poetic
    — And then in haste her bow'r she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves; Or if the earlier season lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead.
  3. A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide. US,uncountable,usually

词形变化

meads plural meath alternative meathe alternative meeth alternative meads plural

词汇关系

衍生词
black mead mead-bench mead cup meaded Meader meadery mead hall meadlike mead moon meadsweet meadwort meady red mead
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).
词源 2
From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made.
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