| 释义 |
▪ I. ava, ava', phr. Sc.|əˈvɑː|
[worn-down form of of all: see a adj.3 and of.]
Of all; at all.
1768Ross Helenore 145 (Jam.) She neither kent spinning nor carding, Nor brewing nor baking ava'. a1796Burns Answ. Poet. Epist. xii, This pleased them warst ava.
▪ II. ‖ ava, n.|ˈɑːvə|
Native name in the Sandwich Islands of a species of Cordyline yielding an intoxicating liquor; also applied to the liquor itself, and gen. to any intoxicant spirit.
1831Tyerman & Benn. Voy. II. xxix. 43 Drinking ava, a rank inebriating spirit. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xviii. 410 The dark-green knotted stem of the Ava, so famous in former days for its powerful intoxicating effects. Ibid. 412 All the ava (as the natives call all ardent spirits) was poured on the ground. |