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单词 grog
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Definition of grog in English:

grog

noun ɡrɒɡɡrɑɡ
mass noun
  • 1Spirits (originally rum) mixed with water.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But they took some solace from the hot grog that was served on the 21st to commemorate their first year at sea.
    • These rumors soon reached Hornblower who questioned if the man had gotten too large a ration of grog, hoping to make light of any such stories.
    • The rest of the rum was poured into a large tub and mixed with water - three parts water to one of rum (after 1938, only two parts water) - to become grog, which was what the ratings got.
    • ‘Now, take this to him,’ he stated and handed her a mug of grog.
    • Now, having long since left behind the toil of the sea, he hefted flasks of whiskey instead of halyards, ladled grog instead of tar, or polished glass instead of brass.
    • I told him there must be a rational explanation and then locked him in the brig to live on bread and grog for a week.
    • As the four sat down to a dinner of bread and grog that night, Nick pulled out a map.
    • The bicentennial anniversary of the battle is coming up later this year, be sure to take a measure of grog and toast Horatio Nelson on the day of the battle - October 21st.
    • Peg legs, black swats, parrots, hooks, pigtails, grog, cutlasses - he has got it all.
    • A shot of local rum or creamy rum grog is a traditional accompaniment.
    • You know, they made that grog, right, with the rum?
    • In his time waiting, he had discovered that the stuff they called grog suited his palate just fine.
    • When men needed help, they hired it, and paid the going rate, which no longer included the traditional ration of grog.
    • ‘I know I've wasted a lot of money on grog, but I promise you that I'll try to control myself,’ his father said, sincerely.
    • The only thing she managed to get out of her was something about lots of grog and not enough sleep, before she turned over and promptly fell asleep again.
    • The grog had satiated her thirst, but had seemed to increase her hunger.
    • Sir Francis' comments are just as likely to ring true as mine own, so consider these wise words as ye down your grog tonight.
    • Well, the late-night grog and rum parties really helped!
    • He wrote that the condition usually struck after a year or more of voyaging, and he tried to delay its onset with generous rations of grog and compulsory dancing on deck to the tunes of a blind fiddler.
    • I've got a flagon of grog hanging from my neck, a pocket full of fascinating promotional cards with ladies' telephone numbers on them and the bold, brave spring of the tiger that quickens my walk.
    1. 1.1Australian, NZ informal Alcoholic drink.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My parents laid in a huge supply of grog and it'll be outrageous!
      • It was prohibition days and of course there was plenty of grog.
      • Rain or fine it is a great day, for drinking grog, meeting up with old mates and meeting a few new ones.
      • Bert's chair fell over backwards, and Eric dropped his mug of grog that he had been nursing the entire time.
      • The old days when drinkers rushed to down as much grog as possible before the pubs closed at 10 pm are long gone, but the desire to drink quickly and achieve a perfect state of intoxication remains as strong as ever.
      • I was hoping to slope away quietly but got caught by one of my Malawian friends who insisted we go down to the Caledonian for yet more grog.
      • At the risk of repeating myself, the game has to wean itself, and its players, away from its addition to grog - grog sponsors, grog nights, grog everything!
      • Side shows and dodgems abounded and of course there was a few watering holes, killing off people with the chemically brewed grog.
      • With more than a million cases consumed that year, this represented not only half a bottle of illegal grog for every adult in the country but also tens of millions of US dollars in lost customs duties.
      • And that is that young men go into the white mining town and either break into one of the licenced clubs there to steal grog, or they steal grog from under the houses of the white mining community.
      • Her husband smoked himself to death in 1952, and for the last 50 years, she regularly overspent her extremely generous allowance and ran up huge and embarrassing debts on clothes, jewels, horses and above all grog.
      • Frankly, they are full of it - it being hot wine grog with a cinnamon stick.
      • I guess that's what Americans call pasties (as distinct from pasty or indeed the Parisian grog, Pastis).
      • Almost all our other social and health problems are derivative of our grog and drug problem: we solve grog and drugs, we will solve everything else, or at least be on our way to solving them.
      • He knew it would be torture to have to drink a mug of grog at each and every one, but he would do it if it meant finding the correct tavern.
      • In Australia, I've bought booze from a drive-thru grog shop - you don't even have to get out of the car to get loaded.
      • Still, so far, I haven't weakened, but if I do, there's the consolation that giving up grog and good food does wonders for your liver and waistline but little for your work, friends or peace of mind.
      • They're in town drinking and getting sick from grog.
      • Several others were shouting out to the police, complaining of how their grog gets confiscated and tipped away.
      • The maximum penalty for running grog into a restricted area is $1000 or six months for a first offence, and $2000 or 12 months for a second, plus forfeiture of the vehicle or aircraft.
      Synonyms
      alcohol, liquor, intoxicating liquor, alcoholic drink, strong drink, intoxicants
  • 2Crushed unglazed pottery or brick used as an additive in plaster or clay.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was referred to as ‘lithpodipyra’, the Greek for ‘twice-fired stone’, on account of the mixture of grog and pre-fired clay ground up with flint to form a paste.
    • They were fired under reduced oxygen conditions, tempered exclusively with grog, and burnished and/or polished on the exterior vessel body and neck.
    • While the clay is wet, I may add grog or dry clay to the surface.
    • Clay with more grog retains its shape longer; clay with less grog has less resistance when pulled.
    • This vessel was incompletely oxidized during firing and has large amounts of grog and bone temper in its porous clay body.
verb ɡrɒɡ
[no object]grog upAustralian, NZ informal
  • Drink alcohol, especially to excess.

    he's been seen grogging up at McIntyre's
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Philup, if he felt like grogging up with the locals, would drive him in.
    • He writes of bullock drivers grogging up at the bar, in 1849.
    • I just don't feel like going out and grogging up tonight.
    • Vacationists are coming from the city, where they have been used to grogging up before 9 o'clock.
    Synonyms
    drink alcohol, take alcohol, tipple, indulge

Phrases

  • off the grog

    • informal Abstaining from drinking alcohol.

      I'm supposed to be off the grog three nights a week
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He's staying off the grog and looking after his health.
      • "I've been off the grog for 51 years," he says with a smile and a shake of the head.
      • He swore off the grog before becoming prime minister.
      • Without the motivation of that daily burn session to eat well, and stay off the grog, I started throwing down the drinks at night.
      • They had fooled their doctors into thinking they were off the grog.
  • on the grog

    • informal Drinking alcohol, especially heavily.

      a group of young locals are well and truly on the grog
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He got on the grog and was even locked up for his crimes.
      • They'll still be alcoholics and will inevitably go straight back on the grog as soon as they're released.
      • They are propping each other up like weather-beaten old sailors after a night on the grog.
      • I shudder to think of the risks associated with fitting one of these and then mistaking your convenience for your refrigerator after a hard night on the grog.
      • She'd been on the grog all Thursday night.

Origin

Mid 18th century: said to be from Old Grog, the reputed nickname (because of his grogram cloak) of Admiral Vernon (1684–1757), who in 1740 first ordered diluted (instead of neat) rum to be served out to sailors.

  • This word for alcoholic drink is said to be from Old Grog, the reputed nickname (given to him because of his grogram cloak) of Admiral Vernon (1684–1757): in 1740 he first ordered diluted rum to be served out to sailors instead of the traditional neat rum. Grogram (mid 16th century) was a heavy fabric which got its name from French gros grain ‘course grain’, also found in the name of the lighter silk fabric grosgrain (mid 19th century).

Rhymes

agog, befog, blog, bog, clog, cog, dog, flog, fog, hog, Hogg, hotdog, jog, log, nog, prog, slog, smog, snog, sprog, tautog, tog, trog
 
 

Definition of grog in US English:

grog

nounɡrɑɡɡräɡ
  • 1Spirits (originally rum) mixed with water.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the four sat down to a dinner of bread and grog that night, Nick pulled out a map.
    • In his time waiting, he had discovered that the stuff they called grog suited his palate just fine.
    • He wrote that the condition usually struck after a year or more of voyaging, and he tried to delay its onset with generous rations of grog and compulsory dancing on deck to the tunes of a blind fiddler.
    • The bicentennial anniversary of the battle is coming up later this year, be sure to take a measure of grog and toast Horatio Nelson on the day of the battle - October 21st.
    • But they took some solace from the hot grog that was served on the 21st to commemorate their first year at sea.
    • ‘I know I've wasted a lot of money on grog, but I promise you that I'll try to control myself,’ his father said, sincerely.
    • When men needed help, they hired it, and paid the going rate, which no longer included the traditional ration of grog.
    • These rumors soon reached Hornblower who questioned if the man had gotten too large a ration of grog, hoping to make light of any such stories.
    • I've got a flagon of grog hanging from my neck, a pocket full of fascinating promotional cards with ladies' telephone numbers on them and the bold, brave spring of the tiger that quickens my walk.
    • ‘Now, take this to him,’ he stated and handed her a mug of grog.
    • Sir Francis' comments are just as likely to ring true as mine own, so consider these wise words as ye down your grog tonight.
    • You know, they made that grog, right, with the rum?
    • I told him there must be a rational explanation and then locked him in the brig to live on bread and grog for a week.
    • Now, having long since left behind the toil of the sea, he hefted flasks of whiskey instead of halyards, ladled grog instead of tar, or polished glass instead of brass.
    • The grog had satiated her thirst, but had seemed to increase her hunger.
    • A shot of local rum or creamy rum grog is a traditional accompaniment.
    • Peg legs, black swats, parrots, hooks, pigtails, grog, cutlasses - he has got it all.
    • Well, the late-night grog and rum parties really helped!
    • The rest of the rum was poured into a large tub and mixed with water - three parts water to one of rum (after 1938, only two parts water) - to become grog, which was what the ratings got.
    • The only thing she managed to get out of her was something about lots of grog and not enough sleep, before she turned over and promptly fell asleep again.
    1. 1.1informal Alcoholic drink, especially beer.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rain or fine it is a great day, for drinking grog, meeting up with old mates and meeting a few new ones.
      • They're in town drinking and getting sick from grog.
      • Still, so far, I haven't weakened, but if I do, there's the consolation that giving up grog and good food does wonders for your liver and waistline but little for your work, friends or peace of mind.
      • At the risk of repeating myself, the game has to wean itself, and its players, away from its addition to grog - grog sponsors, grog nights, grog everything!
      • With more than a million cases consumed that year, this represented not only half a bottle of illegal grog for every adult in the country but also tens of millions of US dollars in lost customs duties.
      • I guess that's what Americans call pasties (as distinct from pasty or indeed the Parisian grog, Pastis).
      • Almost all our other social and health problems are derivative of our grog and drug problem: we solve grog and drugs, we will solve everything else, or at least be on our way to solving them.
      • Several others were shouting out to the police, complaining of how their grog gets confiscated and tipped away.
      • And that is that young men go into the white mining town and either break into one of the licenced clubs there to steal grog, or they steal grog from under the houses of the white mining community.
      • Frankly, they are full of it - it being hot wine grog with a cinnamon stick.
      • Bert's chair fell over backwards, and Eric dropped his mug of grog that he had been nursing the entire time.
      • Her husband smoked himself to death in 1952, and for the last 50 years, she regularly overspent her extremely generous allowance and ran up huge and embarrassing debts on clothes, jewels, horses and above all grog.
      • The old days when drinkers rushed to down as much grog as possible before the pubs closed at 10 pm are long gone, but the desire to drink quickly and achieve a perfect state of intoxication remains as strong as ever.
      • My parents laid in a huge supply of grog and it'll be outrageous!
      • It was prohibition days and of course there was plenty of grog.
      • Side shows and dodgems abounded and of course there was a few watering holes, killing off people with the chemically brewed grog.
      • In Australia, I've bought booze from a drive-thru grog shop - you don't even have to get out of the car to get loaded.
      • He knew it would be torture to have to drink a mug of grog at each and every one, but he would do it if it meant finding the correct tavern.
      • I was hoping to slope away quietly but got caught by one of my Malawian friends who insisted we go down to the Caledonian for yet more grog.
      • The maximum penalty for running grog into a restricted area is $1000 or six months for a first offence, and $2000 or 12 months for a second, plus forfeiture of the vehicle or aircraft.
      Synonyms
      alcohol, liquor, intoxicating liquor, alcoholic drink, strong drink, intoxicants
    2. 1.2 Crushed unglazed pottery or brick used as an additive in plaster or clay.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This vessel was incompletely oxidized during firing and has large amounts of grog and bone temper in its porous clay body.
      • They were fired under reduced oxygen conditions, tempered exclusively with grog, and burnished and/or polished on the exterior vessel body and neck.
      • It was referred to as ‘lithpodipyra’, the Greek for ‘twice-fired stone’, on account of the mixture of grog and pre-fired clay ground up with flint to form a paste.
      • Clay with more grog retains its shape longer; clay with less grog has less resistance when pulled.
      • While the clay is wet, I may add grog or dry clay to the surface.

Origin

Mid 18th century: said to be from Old Grog, the reputed nickname (because of his grogram cloak) of Admiral Vernon (1684–1757), who in 1740 first ordered diluted (instead of neat) rum to be served out to sailors.

 
 
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