| 单词 | gunpowder tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgunpowder tea gunpowder tea n. (see 2). gunpowder tea 2. (In full, gunpowder tea.) A fine kind of green tea, each leaf of which is rolled up, so that it has a granular appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > types of dry tea > green tea imperial tea1699 imperial1713 green1728 gunpowder1771 cow-slip tea1796 Twankay1840 Jack the Painter1848 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 250 Tio-te is rolled up like pease... A smaller kind is called Gunpowder tea. 1795 A. Anderson Narr. Brit. Embassy China 186 The shrub which bears what is called the Imperial and gunpowder teas. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 379 Gunpowder tea is made of tender green leaves. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan vi ‘Is it bohay tay or souchong tay that you'd like?’..‘Any tea you like’... ‘What do you say, then, to some prime gunpowder?’ 1886 Daily News 24 Dec. 2/6 Tea.—Ping Suey gunpowder. < as lemmas |
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