| 单词 | kaffir beer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir beer kaffir beer n. a thick beer brewed from sorghum or maize by the black peoples of southern Africa; now usually called sorghum beer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > non-malted brews > [noun] > maize beer pito1670 kaffir beer1837 1837 R. B. Hulley in F. Owen Diary (1926) 174 About a hundred pots filled with Kaffir beer were brought and placed before the..men. 1905 Transvaal Agric. Jrnl. Jan. 314 Kaffir beer, which..is not..a bad drink for natives. 1952 L. Marquard Peoples & Policies S. Afr. iv. 101 Africans may..drink kaffir beer. This is a traditional African drink, brewed by African women from fermented kaffir corn and containing a maximum of 2 per cent of alcohol. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 18 Mar. (Sport section) 38 A well-known official shocked his South African counterparts... As he was served an ale, he said: ‘Geez, I haven't had a good kaffir beer in years.’ < as lemmas |
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