oolong

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: black dragon

词形变化

oolongs plural

词源

1850s. From either Mandarin 烏龍 /乌龙 (wūlóng) due to hypercorrection, or directly from Hokkien 烏龍 /乌龙 (o͘-liông), from 烏 /乌 (o͘, “black”) + 龍 /龙 (liông, “dragon”). See also pouchong from Hokkien 包種茶 /包种茶 (pau-chióng-tê, literally “tea of the wrapped kind”).
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