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

单词

alewife

释义

ale /āl/

noun

An alcoholic beverage made from an infusion of malt by fermentation, applied to beers made without the use of hops as a flavouring
A feast or festival, from the liquor drunk (archaic)

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) alu (WSax ealu); ON öl

aleˈbench noun (archaic)

A bench in or in front of an alehouse

aleˈ-berry noun (archaic)

A beverage made from ale and bread sops with flavouring

aleˈ-bush, aleˈ-pole or aleˈ-stake noun (historical)

A bush, pole or stake used as an alehouse sign

aleˈ-conner noun (historical)

A civic officer appointed to test the quality of the ale brewed

aleˈcost noun

The costmary plant (used in flavouring ale)

aleˈ-draper noun (obsolete)

A tavern-keeper

aleˈ-hoof noun

(OE hōfe) ground-ivy

aleˈhouse noun

A place at which ale is sold

aleˈwashed adjective (Shakespeare)

Affected by drinking beer

aleˈwife noun (pl aleˈwives)

A woman who sells ale (archaic)
A fish related to the herring, common off the NE coast of America (perhaps from its corpulent shape, but perhaps a different word)

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