单词 | pekoe |
释义 | pekoen. A high-quality black tea, made from leaves picked young with the down still on them.See also orange pekoe n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > types of dry tea > black tea pekoe1713 orange pekoe1829 oopack1855 Ceylon tea1886 1713 J. Addison Spectator No. 328 (ed. 2) v Coffee, Chocolate, Green, Imperial, Peco, and Bohea-Tea seem to be Trifles. 1719 S. Proctor East-India Sale 161 Chests Pekoe, Tare 71 lb. per Chest. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 250 Back-ho, or Pack-ho, is that which we call Peckho, which has leaves with dots. 1794 F. Pigon in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory II. ii. 289 Peko is made from the leaves of trees three years old, and from the tenderest of them, gathered just after they have been in bloom. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 141 The huge tea ware~houses, where..the flowery Pekoe or the family Souchong, slumbers in tin-foiled chests. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 May 8/1 The competition for Oolongs, some Souchongs, and flowery Pekoes is still very keen. 1937 C. N. Parkinson Trade in Eastern Seas iii. 90 The Souchoing and Congou teas were sometimes mixed with a little Pekoe, to improve their quality. 1993 E. A. Proulx Shipping News xxvii. 221 Nutbeem poured a stream of teak-colored pekoe into his cup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pekoev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To blend with pekoe tea. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [verb (transitive)] > blend spec. pekoe1892 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 184 If the Assam be ‘pekoed’ so much the better. DerivativesΚΠ 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 182 A choice or ‘pekoed’ Formosa will be found the most desirable and valuable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1713v.1892 |
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