单词 | bourbon |
释义 | Word Frequency bourbon(ˈbɜːbən) noun a whiskey distilled, chiefly in the US, from maize, esp one containing at least 51 per cent maize (the rest being malt and rye) and aged in charred white-oak barrels Word origin C19: named after Bourbon county, Kentucky, where it was first madeWord Frequency Bourbon(ˈbʊəbən, French burbɔ̃) noun a. a member of the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 (when Louis XVI was executed by the revolutionaries) and was restored in 1815, continuing to rule in its Orleans branch from 1830 until 1848. Bourbon dynasties also ruled in Spain (1700–1808; 1813–1931) and Naples and Sicily (1734–1806; 1815–1860) b. (as modifier) the Bourbon kings |
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