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The American spelling of liquorice. The word names a plant root and the strong dark sweet made from it. The taste is sweet but also a bit like medicine; some people love it and some cannot stand it. In Britain you write liquorice; in American , packets, and everyday talk you write licorice. The same root is the “sweet root” behind the herb 甘草. Though actually, a lot of cheap “licorice” candy — especially the red twists in the US — has little or no real root in it. It is a flavour and a shape. Same word, two spellings; the thing does not change.
甘草；甘草糖（美國拼法；英國寫 liquorice）
組成From Middle English lycorys, from Old French licoresse, from Late Latin liquiritia, a changed form of Ancient Greek glukúrrhiza: glukús (“sweet”) + rhíza (“root”). Those Greek pieces also sit in English glucose and rhizome. Doublet of glycyrrhiza, the scientific name.
同家族的字
- liquoricethe British spelling of the same word
- glucoseshares the Greek “sweet” piece
- rhizomeshares the Greek “root” piece
- glycyrrhizaa learned doublet: the same Greek “sweet root,” kept as the plant’s scientific name
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
licoricenoun/ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/
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A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
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A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract.
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A black color, named after the licorice.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA flavoring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.
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A supposed aphrodisiac made in the past from dried roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra and Glycyrrhiza echinata.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。