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单词 malt-worm
释义 ˈmalt-worm
1. A weevil which infests malt. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 46/1 Bowde, malte-worme (P. boude of malte), gurgulio.
2. transf. One who loves malt-liquor; a toper.
c1550Drinking Song in Skelton's Wks. (1843) I. p. x, Then dothe she troule To me the bolle As a goode malte worme sholde.1580G. Harvey Three Lett. 29 A morning bookeworm, an afternoone maltworm.1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. i. 83 Mustachio-purple-hu'd Maltwormes.1605Tryall Chev. iii. i, The whorson Mault-worm has a throat like the burning Clyme.1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 367 Many a gallon must be drunk by the veteran maltworm before intoxication.1876Whitby Gloss., Maut-worm, a lover of beer.
3. = maltlong. Obs. rare—1.
1610[see maltlong].
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