| 释义 |
adzuki|ədˈzuːkɪ|
Also 8 atsuki, 8– adsuki; azuki.
[Jap.]
a. The dark red edible beans of the annual leguminous plant Vigna angularis, cultivated in China and Japan; the plant itself.
b. attrib. in adzuki bean.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. i. ix. 121 Adsuki, or Sodsu, that is Sobeans. 1795tr. C. P. Thunberg's Trav. Europe, Afr., & Asia (ed. 2) IV. 88 Atsuki Beans likewise (Phaseolus radiatus) are ground to meal. 1859A. Steinmetz Japan & her People i. vi. 273 Mixed with boiled rice and adsuki, or red beans, coarsely powdered. 1889J. J. Rein Industries of Japan i. ii. 108 A mixture of bean-meal (Adzuki) and sugar. 1914Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 119. 4 The adsuki is probably native either in Japan or in Chosen [= Korea], but the plant is not definitely known in a wild state. Ibid., The adsuki bean is a summer annual. 1960B. Leach Potter in Japan vi. 132 We ate it first with shoyu sauce and then with sweet adzuki beans. 1968J. W. Purseglove Tropical Crops: Dicotyledons I. 290 Adzuki bean is grown mainly in Japan and China. 1976Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1156/1 Azuki bean. Erect or twining ann., to 2½ ft. |