water of life

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of aqua vitae, a distilled spirit. uncountable
  2. Synonym of whisky/whiskey. Scotland,uncountable
  3. Spiritual refreshment. figuratively,uncountable

词源

Chiefly a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae directly and via Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and Irish uisce beatha. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, whisky, and whiskey from the same sources. Compare also vodka, whose (borrowed) roots also refer to a special kind of water, as it were.
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