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    A liqueur is a sweet, strong alcoholic drink, usually with fruit, nuts, herbs, coffee, or cream, and drunk in small glasses after a meal rather than with it.

    A liqueur is所謂liqueur,就是 a sweet, strong alcoholic drink一種又甜又烈的酒, usually flavoured with fruit, nuts, herbs, coffee, or cream通常會用水果、堅果、香草、咖啡或奶油來調味, and drunk in small glasses after a meal rather than with it而且是飯後用小酒杯啜飲,不是配餐一起喝。

    Baileys, Kahlúa, Cointreau, Amaretto, limoncello — those are liqueurs. It is a countable noun ('we tried three liqueurs'), and also used for the substance ('a chocolate with liqueur inside').

    Baileys貝禮詩, Kahlúa卡魯哇, Cointreau君度橙酒, Amaretto杏仁香甜酒, limoncello檸檬酒 — those are liqueurs這些都是liqueur。It is a countable noun它是可數名詞(例如'we tried three liqueurs'我們試了三種liqueur), and also used for the substance也可以指裡面裝的那種酒(例如'a chocolate with liqueur inside'裡面包著liqueur的巧克力)。

    Two things make it a liqueur rather than just spirits: it is sweetened, and it is . Whisky, vodka, and gin are strong but not sweet, so they are spirits, not liqueurs.

    Two things make it a liqueur rather than just spirits有兩件事決定它是liqueur而不只是普通烈酒: it is sweetened一是有加甜, and it is flavoured二是有調味。Whisky威士忌, vodka伏特加, and gin琴酒 are strong but not sweet雖然烈但不甜, so they are spirits, not liqueurs所以它們是烈酒,不是liqueur。

    And because a liqueur is sweet, people sip it slowly in a tiny glass, or pour a little over ice cream, or put it in coffee and in cakes.

    And because a liqueur is sweet正因為liqueur是甜的, people sip it slowly in a tiny glass大家會用小酒杯慢慢啜飲, or pour a little over ice cream或倒一點在冰淇淋上, or put it in coffee and in cakes或加進咖啡和蛋糕裡。

    The pronunciation is the hard part. British speakers say it roughly 'li-KYOOR'; Americans more often say 'li-KUR'. Either way the stress is on the second half, and it does NOT sound like 'liquor'.

    The pronunciation is the hard part發音才是難的地方。British speakers英式說法 say it roughly 'li-KYOOR'大概唸成'li-KYOOR'; Americans美式說法 more often say 'li-KUR'比較常唸'li-KUR'。Either way不管哪一種, the stress is on the second half重音都在後半段, and it does NOT sound like 'liquor'而且聽起來不像'liquor'(烈酒)。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成直接借自法文 liqueur。它和英文 liquor 其實是同一個拉丁來源的兩兄弟(doublet),源頭是 liquēre(流動、液體)——所以兩個字長得那麼像不是巧合。

同家族的字

  • liquora doublet — the same Latin word, borrowed into English twice by different routes
  • liquidsame Latin liquēre (to be fluid)

原始詞典資料3 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。

liqueurnoun/lɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/

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    A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

liqueurverb/lɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/

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    to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur

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    to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

    • Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。