A hot drink made by mixing whisky (or another strong spirit like rum or brandy) with sugar or honey and hot water. People usually add lemon, and often cloves or a cinnamon stick.

A hot drink一種熱飲 made by mixing whisky (or another strong spirit like rum or brandy) with sugar or honey and hot water是把威士忌（或蘭姆酒、白蘭地之類的烈酒）加糖或蜂蜜和熱水調成的。People usually add lemon通常還會加檸檬，and often cloves or a cinnamon stick也常加丁香或肉桂棒。

The full name is 'hot toddy', and most people say the whole phrase — 'toddy' on its own sounds a little old-fashioned in British and American English, though it is still perfectly clear.

The full name完整的名稱 is是 'hot toddy''hot toddy'，and而且 most people say the whole phrase大部分人都會講整個詞——'toddy' on its own只單講'toddy' sounds a little old-fashioned聽起來有點老派 in British and American English在英式和美式英文裡，though不過 it is still perfectly clear意思還是很清楚。

What matters about this word is not really the recipe but the situation: a toddy is what someone drinks when they have a cold, a sore throat, or a bad cough, or when they have come in from the snow and want to warm up. Parents make one for themselves at night when they feel ill.

What matters about this word這個字重要的地方 is不是 not really the recipe but the situation不是食譜本身，而是使用的情境：a toddy is what someone drinks toddy是某人會喝的東西 when they have a cold, a sore throat, or a bad cough當他們感冒、喉嚨痛或咳得很嚴重的時候，or when they have come in from the snow and want to warm up或是他們剛從雪地裡進門、想暖和一下的時候。Parents make one for themselves at night when they feel ill父母會在自己生病的晚上為自己泡一杯。

So the word carries a feeling of comfort and medicine, not of a party — you would not order a round of toddies for friends who are out having fun. People half-believe it helps you get better; doctors are doubtful, but the belief is very strong and very old.

So所以 the word這個字 carries a feeling of comfort and medicine帶有安慰和藥的感覺，not of a party而不是派對的感覺——you would not order a round of toddies for friends who are out having fun你不會為出去玩得開心的朋友點一輪toddy。People half-believe it helps you get better人們有點相信它能幫助你康復；doctors are doubtful醫生對此存疑，but但是 the belief is very strong and very old這個信念非常根深蒂固、也很古老。

There is one more thing worth knowing. In India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and parts of Africa, 'toddy' means something completely different: the sweet sap that comes out of a palm tree, drunk fresh or left to ferment into a mild alcoholic drink.

There is one more thing worth knowing還有一件事值得知道。In India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and parts of Africa在印度、斯里蘭卡、馬來西亞和非洲部分地區，'toddy' means something completely different'toddy'指的是完全不同的東西：the sweet sap that comes out of a palm tree從棕櫚樹裡流出來的甜樹液，drunk fresh or left to ferment into a mild alcoholic drink可以趁新鮮喝，也可以放到發酵成一種溫和的酒精飲料。

That is actually the older meaning, and the one the word arrived in English with. The hot-whisky sense came later, from British people in India borrowing the word for a mixed hot drink. Both meanings are alive today, in different parts of the world.

That is actually the older meaning這其實才是比較舊的意思，and the one the word arrived in English with也是這個字剛進入英文時帶著的意思。The hot-whisky sense加威士忌的熱飲這個意思 came later是後來才出現的，from British people in India borrowing the word for a mixed hot drink源自在印度的英國人借用這個字來指一種混合的熱飲。Both meanings are alive today這兩個意思現在都還在使用，in different parts of the world只是在世界上不同的地方。