| 单词 | cocoa tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmascocoa tea cocoa tea n. (a) (in early use) a hot drink made by infusing the husks of cocoa beans (now rare); (b) (chiefly Caribbean) = sense A. 3a. ΚΠ 1747 J. Cheshire Gouty Man's Compan. 29 Chocolate may also be very proper, or Cocoa-Tea with Cream in it. 1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life I. 225 Another variety of the cocoa beverages, which may be called cocoa-tea, is prepared by boiling the husks of the bean in water. a1911 ‘R. Tressell’ Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (1955) xix. 323 The children..asked each other repeatedly which they liked best, ‘tea tea?’ or ‘cocoa tea’? 1974 S. Selvon Those who eat Cascadura iii. 60 Shortly, they were sitting down to breakfast..drinking coco-tea from chipped enamel mugs. 2009 A. Vanderhoof Spice Necklace x. 263 Grenadians sometimes use sweetened condensed milk in their cocoa tea instead of sugar. < as lemmas |
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