| 释义 |
passulate, a. rare—0.|ˈpæsjʊlət|
[f. med. or mod.L. passulātus for It. passolato dried (as raisins) in the sun, f. passola, passola uva dried grape, raisin, f. L. uva passa raisin: see pass n.3]
(See quot. 1857.) So passulate |ˈpæsjʊleɪt| v. trans., to make into raisins, to dry (grapes); passuˈlation, the drying of grapes into raisins.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Passulatus, applied to certain medicines of which raisins formed the chief ingredient: passulate. 1873Thudichum Cantor Lect. Wines 20/1 Grapes which had been strongly passulated in the sun. 1884― Alcoholic Drinks 14 These grapes..have the peculiar faculty of becoming very sweet without passulation, or shrivelling to raisins. |