单词 | pearl tea |
释义 | > as lemmaspearl tea pearl tea n. [after Chinese xiǎo zhū chá, lit. ‘small pearl tea’ (or ‘bead tea’), with reference to the tightly rolled round leaves] = gunpowder tea at gunpowder n. 2. ΚΠ 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xxi. 442 A more carefully-picked Lyson, consisting of the best rolled and roundest leaves.., the Chinese call..Choo-cha, ‘pearl tea’. 1862 New Amer. Cycl. XV. 327/1 Gunpowder is so named from the granular appearance of the leaves, which are rolled with particular care; the Chinese name for it means pearl tea. 2003 Art Culinaire (Nexis) 22 Sept. 76 Gunpowder tea, known in China as pearl tea—due to its tightly rolled round leaves—is a highly revered green tea. < as lemmas |
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