英语词汇“alms-drink”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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alms-drink

alms-drink n. rare (apparently) drink given to another as an act of charity.Chiefly after Shakespeare's use in quot. a1616, which has been interpreted in various ways.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 5 They haue made him drinke Almes drinke .

1906 J. A. de Rothschild Shakespeare & his Day iii. 123 Those sordid beggars..whose horn, that alms-drink ought to fill, was most often dry.

1911 F. W. Hackwood Good Old Times v. 71 Alms-drink was the name given to the leavings in the drinking-cups which were all collected and served out to the poor and needy.

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单词	alms-drink
释义	> as lemmas alms-drink alms-drink n. rare (apparently) drink given to another as an act of charity.Chiefly after Shakespeare's use in quot. a1616, which has been interpreted in various ways. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 5 They haue made him drinke Almes drinke . View more context for this quotation 1906 J. A. de Rothschild Shakespeare & his Day iii. 123 Those sordid beggars..whose horn, that alms-drink ought to fill, was most often dry. 1911 F. W. Hackwood Good Old Times v. 71 Alms-drink was the name given to the leavings in the drinking-cups which were all collected and served out to the poor and needy. extracted from almsn. < as lemmas
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