释义 |
‖ supari East Ind.|suːˈpɑːriː| Also 7–9 suparee, 9 soopari, -ee. [Hindī supārī betel nut.] The areca palm; also, the areca leaf which is chewed with the leaves of the betel palm. Also attrib.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 28 Sneezing-powder is not more frequent with the Irish, than chawing Arec, (by Arab and Indians call'd Tauffet and Suparee) is with these Savages. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 214 Is it meant that..one would..find..a high degree of devotion in standing twelve years on one's head, imbedded in supári leaves? 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Sooparee, Soopari. 1890D. Davidson Mem. Long Life iii. 43 The hamals..regaling themselves..by chewing their paun leaf and suparee. |