gin

noun

/dʒɪn/

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[uncountable, countable] an alcoholic drink made from grain and with juniper berries added. Gin is usually drunk mixed with tonic or fruit juice.Topics Drinksc1 see also pink gin, sloe gin
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- stiff
- double
- large
- …
verb + gin
- drink
- have
- sip
- …
phrases
- a gin and tonic
See full entry
[countable] a glass of gin
- I'll have a gin and tonic, please.
- She poured herself a large gin.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- stiff
- double
- large
- …
verb + gin
- drink
- have
- sip
- …
phrases
- a gin and tonic
See full entry
(also cotton gin)
a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton
(also gin trap)
a device for catching small wild animals or birds

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever.sense 3 Middle English (in the sense ‘a tool or device, a trick’): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’.

单词	gin
释义	gin noun /dʒɪn/ /dʒɪn/ jump to other results [uncountable, countable] an alcoholic drink made from grain and with juniper berries added. Gin is usually drunk mixed with tonic or fruit juice.Topics Drinksc1 see also pink gin, sloe gin Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective stiff double large … verb + gin drink have sip … phrases a gin and tonic See full entry [countable] a glass of gin I'll have a gin and tonic, please. She poured herself a large gin. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective stiff double large … verb + gin drink have sip … phrases a gin and tonic See full entry (also cotton gin) a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton (also gin trap) a device for catching small wild animals or birds Word Originsenses 1 to 2 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever.sense 3 Middle English (in the sense ‘a tool or device, a trick’): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’.
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