| 单词 | rum and water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrum and water rum and water n. a drink consisting of rum, sugar, and water, typically served hot; cf. grog n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > rum > [noun] > rum and water rum and water?1750 seven-water grog1834 sou'-wester1848 mainsheet1873 bubbly1902 ?1750 Turlington's Balsam of Life 41 Mr. Heather..recommended me for relief to the said Mr. Turlington's balsam of life; 20 drops whereof in a glass of rum and water in about half an hour eased my pain. 1770 T. Norworth in Gentleman's Mag. 559/2 Groggy; this is a West-Indian Phrase; Rum and Water, without sugar, being called Grogg. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 245 A stout man, who had a glass of rum-and-water, warm,..at every place where we changed horses. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiii. 292 Sir Pitt..drank rum-and-water with the farmers at Mudbury. 1905 Daily Chron. 25 May 4/7 Rum and water came to be called ‘grog’ likewise, being ‘two-water’ or ‘three-water’ grog, according to the proportions of the mixture. 1963 N. Coward Diary 9 June (2000) 535 There I sat, in the steaming heat, while they ‘spliced the main brace’ and poured gallons of rum and water down my throat. 1990 C. Hibbert Redcoats & Rebels ii. xiv. 198 The lunch party continued amicably, General Gates and his principal guest drinking rum and water from the only two available glasses. < as lemmas |
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