单词 | acetify |
释义 | acetifyv. 1. transitive. To subject to acetous fermentation in the manufacture of vinegar; to convert into vinegar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > season [verb (transitive)] > flavour with vinegar > convert into vinegar acetify1789 1789 [implied in: C. R. Hopson in tr. J. C. Wiegleb Gen. Syst. Chem. ii. v. 490 (note) The putrefaction of bodies is retarded in consequence of its first going through the acetifying process. (at acetifying n.)]. 1821 A. Ure Dict. Chem. sig. A4v/1 The used casks..are successively filled again, to acetify new portions of wine. 1864 Local Preachers' Mag. Dec. 374/2 Such of our readers as desire to know how the ‘vinegar plant’ acetifies treacle and water. 1937 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) I. 44/2 The Orleans process of acetifying wine in casks packed with shavings and provided with holes for the admission of air. 2002 M. Lewis & T. W. Young Brewing (ed. 2) v. 91 Acetic Acid Bacteria... They spoil beer by acetifying it. 2. intransitive. To undergo acetous fermentation; to become vinegar. ΚΠ 1854 E. C. Evans tr. J. Pelouze & E. Fremy Gen. Notions Chem. 298 The alcohol contained in the skins acetifies. 1876 Sat. Evening Post 8 Apr. 2 Ottawa beer is usually made with sugar, snake-root, and aromatics which will acetify soon after the beer is manufactured. 1985 P. Jackisch Mod. Winemaking vi. 81 Pomace rapidly acetifies and fruit flies can carry acetic bacteria to exposed must or wine surfaces. Derivatives aˈcetified adj. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 5 It may be replenished from the partly acetified liquor in the cistern on the floor. 1863 Sci. Amer. 28 Mar. 198/1 This acetified lime will give the first impulse to the acetification in the beer. 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 28 617/1 The examination of a sample of acetified wine. 1996 N. Marcussen & J. B. Lundemose in R. K. Zalups & L. H. Lash Methods Renal Toxicol. iii. 38 Rinse in 0.2% acetified water and then tap water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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