英语词汇“whisky and water”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. In phrases of the form —— and water, denoting (esp. alcoholic) drinks diluted with water, as whisky and water, etc. Hence also in humorous (typically ad hoc) phrases, implying a weakened, insubstantial, or insipid form of the thing specified.brandy and water, gin and water, rum and water, wine and water: see the first words. See also milk-and-water n. and adj., milk-and-water v.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > weakness of immaterial things > typical example of

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1698 J. Floyer Treat. Asthma iv. 159 By diluting and cooling the viscid Humors, for which end we must drink much of Mead, and Milk-water, Sack and Water, Decoctions of Sarsa and China.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 126 He could not confine himself to Wine and Water, or Tissanes.

1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Go-shop The Queen's Head in Duke's-court..where gin and water is sold in three-halfpenny bowls.

1812 H. C. Robinson Jrnl. 13 May in E. J. Morley Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, Etc. (1922) 50 Bar. Field called Wilson ‘Wordsworth & Water’.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. vi. 63 Barnes orders absinthe-and-water.

1882 M. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 168 The weak Addison-and-water of the ‘Mirror’ and the ‘Lounger’.

1899 Daily News 13 Mar. 7/1 He once heard a University sermon described as of the Bible and water order.

1936 ‘G. Orwell’ in Fortnightly Nov. 602 The ordinary, good–bad, Galsworthy-and-water stuff which is the norm of the English novel.

1966 H. Kane Devil to Pay vi. 31 I..went behind the bar and made myself a new ball of Scotch and water.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Feb. 10 His worldly-wise epigrams and paradoxes are Wilde-and-water.

2011 I. M. Cron Jesus, my Father, CIA & Me x. 139 ‘Bring me another Glenlivet and water,’ he said, holding out his empty glass.

单词	whisky and water
释义	> as lemmas whisky and water c. In phrases of the form —— and water, denoting (esp. alcoholic) drinks diluted with water, as whisky and water, etc. Hence also in humorous (typically ad hoc) phrases, implying a weakened, insubstantial, or insipid form of the thing specified.brandy and water, gin and water, rum and water, wine and water: see the first words. See also milk-and-water n. and adj., milk-and-water v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > weakness of immaterial things > typical example of water1698 water gruel1702 dilution1861 1698 J. Floyer Treat. Asthma iv. 159 By diluting and cooling the viscid Humors, for which end we must drink much of Mead, and Milk-water, Sack and Water, Decoctions of Sarsa and China. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 126 He could not confine himself to Wine and Water, or Tissanes. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Go-shop The Queen's Head in Duke's-court..where gin and water is sold in three-halfpenny bowls. 1812 H. C. Robinson Jrnl. 13 May in E. J. Morley Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, Etc. (1922) 50 Bar. Field called Wilson ‘Wordsworth & Water’. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. vi. 63 Barnes orders absinthe-and-water. 1882 M. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 168 The weak Addison-and-water of the ‘Mirror’ and the ‘Lounger’. 1899 Daily News 13 Mar. 7/1 He once heard a University sermon described as of the Bible and water order. 1936 ‘G. Orwell’ in Fortnightly Nov. 602 The ordinary, good–bad, Galsworthy-and-water stuff which is the norm of the English novel. 1966 H. Kane Devil to Pay vi. 31 I..went behind the bar and made myself a new ball of Scotch and water. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Feb. 10 His worldly-wise epigrams and paradoxes are Wilde-and-water. 2011 I. M. Cron Jesus, my Father, CIA & Me x. 139 ‘Bring me another Glenlivet and water,’ he said, holding out his empty glass. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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