| 单词 | high-proof |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-proof high-proof adj. †(a) able to withstand severe testing (cf. proof n. 9a) (obsolete); (b) containing a high proportion of alcohol, of high relative strength (cf. proof n. 10a). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong strongeOE stalec1300 mainc1400 nappyc1460 starkc1485 nase?1536 huff-cap1599 nippitatum1600 intoxicating1604 inebriating1610 distempering1613–18 inebriative1615 toxing1635 hogen mogen1653 napping1654 humming1675 hard1700 inebriousa1704 ebrietating1711 bead-proof1753 steeve1801 high-proof1810 pithy1812 stiff1813 inebriant1828 reverent1837 a little more north1864 ebriating1872 rorty1950 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 124 We are high proofe melancholie. View more context for this quotation 1651 H. Vaughan Olor Iscanus 23 Tears are beauteous in a Victorie, Nor are wee so high-proofe, but griefe will find Through all our guards a way to wound the mind. ?1723 New Hist. Trojan Wars (new ed.) ii. viii. 72 Achilles provided a strong knotty Spear, and high-proof Armour. 1810 T. Mortimer Gen. Dict. Commerce, Trade, & Manuf. at Distillation With thirty gallons of proof spirits, it will yield about twenty gallons of high-proof goods. 1858 L. Feuchtwanger Fermented Liquors ix. 75 For raising low-proof spirits to proof spirits with high proof spirits, multiply the number of gallons by the number of degrees which the high-proof spirits are above proof. 1914 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 62 724/2 A high-proof alcohol has been distilled after the fermentation. 2010 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 20/2 The science of making small-batch, high-proof alcohol has remained largely unchanged for centuries. < as lemmas |
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