| 单词 | oil or essence of lemons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil or essence of lemons a. An ovate fruit with a pale yellow rind, and an acid juice. Largely used for making a beverage and for flavouring. The juice yields citric acid; the rind yields oil or essence of lemons, used in cookery and perfumery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > lemon lemonc1400 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > lemon lemonc1400 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxi. 98 Þai enoynt þam..with þe ius of þe fruyt þat es called lymons. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 15 Orengis, almondis, and the pomegarnade, Lymons, datez. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 45 b The iuyce of orenges or lymons may be taken after meales in a lyttell quantitie. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 11 Pooungarnets, Lemmanz, and Pypinz. 1594 Lady Russell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. iii. 46 I..drank..water and limmons, by Phisitions advise. 1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands i. 6 That happy Island where huge Lemmons grow. 1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 79 I cut a Limon asunder, and put both halfs into two Receivers. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 70 Safer..than Letters writ in Juice of Lemon, for no Fire can fetch it out. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 82 The Lemon and the piercing Lime..Their lighter Glories blend. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 12 I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 459 Oil of lemons is extracted from the rind of the lemon. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 180 The scurvy has hardly been known in our navy since limes and lemons were ordered by law to be carried by all vessels sailing to foreign parts. < as lemmas |
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