| 单词 | milk tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilk tea milk tea n. any of various drinks made with tea and milk or cream; esp. a drink originating in Hong Kong, made with black tea and evaporated or condensed milk. [In use with reference to China after Chinese (Mandarin) nǎichá (1885 or earlier; < nǎi milk + chá tea: see cha n.), in use with specific reference to Hong Kong after its Cantonese equivalent náaih chàh.] ΚΠ 1897 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 176 A decoction known as nai-ch'a, or ‘milk-tea’, is drunk at the Manchu court, and is served out on state occasions. 1966 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 3 Aug. 5/2 It is proposed to provide a lunch consisting of milk tea, bread and butter. 1999 C. B. Divakaruni Sister of my Heart i. xvii. 139 He waves away the hot kachuris stuffed with spicy peas and shakes his head at the steaming milk tea. 2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 July (Travel section) 10/5 Locals can be fanatical about Hong Kong-style milk tea, a mixture of black tea and evaporated milk. < as lemmas |
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