单词 | homebrew |
释义 | homebrewn.adj. A. n. 1. Home-brewed beer, wine, or other alcoholic drink. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > home-brewed home-brewed1752 homebrew1814 1814 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1949) IX. 444 Whitbreads entire the real home brew. 1839 Eclectic Jrnl. Med. July 344 Some of the worthies who smack their lips..would feel not a little astonished..to discover that they are drinking and praising a vile ‘homebrew’ of incompatibles. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. ix. 119 You can have some home-brew if you want to, you know. 1925 Amer. Mercury July 358/2 He must always be ready to take a glass of home-brew with his fellow citizens. 1958 L. Meyers Twenty-Three Skidoo 124 They drank home brew, potato or dandelion wine, and rolled their own from the half pound tin of ‘fine cut’ which was always in its appointed place on the window-sill. 1995 Y. Richmond From Da to Yes 12 I recommend that guests sample..the regional drinks and home brews. 2009 M. Denny Froth iii. 84 I don't filter my homebrew, and most craft brewers do not filter their beers, because filtering diminishes the flavor. 2. Canadian. A sportsperson (esp. a football or hockey player) born or raised in the same place as the team for which he or she plays. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player side tackle1809 nose guard1852 rusher1877 goalkicker1879 quarterback1879 runner1880 quarter1883 full back1884 left guard1884 snap-back1887 snapper-back1887 running back1891 tackle1891 defensive end1897 guard1897 interferer1897 receiver1897 defensive back1898 defensive tackle1900 safety man1901 ball carrier1902 defensive lineman1902 homebrew1903 offensive lineman1905 lineman1907 returner1911 signal caller1915 rover1916 interference1920 punt returner1926 pass rusher1928 tailback1930 safety1931 blocker1935 faker1938 scatback1946 linesman1947 flanker1953 platoon player1953 corner-back1955 pulling guard1955 split end1955 return man1957 slot-back1959 strong safety1959 wide receiver1960 line-backer1961 pocket passer1963 tight end1963 run blocker1967 wideout1967 blitzer1968 1903 Manitoba Free Press 5 Dec. 22/1 It has steadily gathered up a band of good Winnipeg football men ‘homebrews’ until it ranks highest in both senior and intermediate championships. 1957 Star Weekly (Toronto) 17 Aug. 9/1 The Leos still are short of homebrews and are plagued by a problem at quarterback they have never succeeded in solving. 1964 Winnipeg Free Press 19 June 36/4 The chief economic factor is that American players, whether Canadianized or not, still draw more salary than homebrews. 2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Dec. s1 When Anaheim met Ottawa for the Cup in '07, the Ducks had more homebrews than the Senators. B. adj. (attributive). 1. = home-brewed adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [adjective] > brewed home-brewed1653 homebrew1894 1894 Cambr. City (Indiana) Tribune 15 Mar. (advt.) Home brew beer!.. It has no equal! 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 137 Home-brew zider [sic] soft as cream. 1953 S. Bellow Adventures of Augie March xx. 435 All these poor punks..with immigrant blood and washday smells and kielbasa and home-brew beer. 1991 R. A. Schrader Kallaloo 94 He made a rum still and used hog plum and mesple to make good home-brew rum. 2. colloquial. In extended use: home-made; improvised, amateur; esp. (of electronic equipment, computer software, etc.) designed by a user as an alternative or adjunct to a proprietary product. Cf. home-brewed adj. 2. ΚΠ 1944 Billboard 16 Sept. 13/4 Playing too many home-brew tunes too often may hurt the quality of the programs. 1962 Sci. News Let. 14 July 28/1 Covers ham antenna systems,..impedance matching, coupling, ‘home-brew’ arrays and towers. 1970 Single Sideband for Radio Amateur (Amer. Radio Relay League) (ed. 5) iii. 71/1 The dial is home-brew. The gearing was salvaged from old Command-set mechanisms. 1977 New Scientist 19 May 405/1 The present homebrew computer builder in the United States is rather like his radio ham equivalent of two decades ago (many, indeed, are the same people). 1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg ii. 10 Our home-brew software worked properly. 1994 I. McDonald Necroville (1995) 209 The roofscape of homebrew chickenwire satellite dishes, airco ducts and rusted, dismal carousels of saturated laundry. 2006 PC Gamer Apr. 122/1 Thanks to its enormous user base, there's a bewildering array of modifications, add-ons and homebrew software for it [sc. an iPod]. Compounds General attributive (in sense A. 1). ΚΠ 1921 Everybody's Mag. July 59/2 Potatoes this summer has been as cheap and plentiful as these here home-brew bottle caps. 1968 Times 28 Sept. 3/5 (advt.) 4 gallon home brew kit contains all ingredients. Hops, malt, yeast, nutrient, etc. 1996 S. Figiel Where we once Belonged (1998) 15 Mafatia beat Ioelu's head with a homebrew bottle. 2009 R. Mosher Tasting Beer iii. 46/1 All the ingredients can be found at your local homebrew shop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : home-brewv. < n.adj.1814 see also |
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