喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwa.

經荷蘭文、義大利文、土耳其文，最早來自阿拉伯文。

Wiktionary

You can picture coffee first as the hot, dark, slightly bitter drink in a cup — the thing you actually drink in the morning. Everything else about the word hangs off that one familiar drink.

可以想成杯子裡那杯熱熱的、深褐色、帶點苦味的飲料——早上喝的那一杯。這個詞其他的用法，都是從「這杯飲料」延伸出去的：泡它的原料、點它的份量、還有它的顏色。

coffees

意思相近

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原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Coffeename

  • 1

    A surname.

coffeenoun/ˈkɒfi/

  • 1

    A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

    • He and his friends used to order coffee whenever they went out.
    • The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter[…], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer[…].
  • 2

    A serving of this beverage.

    • As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.
  • 3

    The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.

  • 4

    The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.

  • 5

    A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.

  • 6

    A pale brown color, like that of milky coffee.

  • 7

    The end of a meal, when coffee is served.

    • He did not stay for coffee.

coffeeadj/ˈkɒfi/

  • 1

    Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

  • 2

    Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.

coffeeverb/ˈkɒfi/

  • 1

    To drink coffee.

    • I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.
    • In the afternoon with Hilda and suite in three Einspänner to just beyond Pontresina; we got out and crossed the bridge over the Bernina to Sans Souci Café, where we coffee'''’d.
  • 2

    To give coffee to.

    • The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed.
    • Here at Camp Wheeler we “coffeed” and “sandwiched” the drafted men when they came from Camp Gordon several weeks ago, and the men from Camp Pike more recently.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • Coffee County

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。