verjuice

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit. uncountable,usually
    — In this inſtance, there is (vpon the by) to be noted the Percolation, or Suing of the Veriuyce thorow the VVood; So as it ſeemeth, it muſt be firſt in a kinde of Vapour, before it paſſe.
动词 v.
  1. To render something sour; to embitter. transitive
    — There are few names to which a jingle or a joke cannot be fitted—witness, Twining, banker and tea-dealer: / ‘Twining would be whining / Were’t not for his tea;’ / and the ex-Lord Mayor, Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy.

词形变化

verjuices plural verjus alternative verjuices present,singular,third-person verjuicing participle,present verjuiced participle,past verjuiced past verjus alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.
词源 2
From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.
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