| 单词 | proof strength |
| 释义 | > as lemmasproof strength proof strength n. = sense 10a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > intoxicating element in drink > standard of strength proof1612 proof strength1743 the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alcohols > [noun] > standard of strength of distilled alcholic liquors proof strength1743 1743 London Mag. 12 79 If the Compounder was obliged to rectify, or purchase such Spirits as are rectified before he compounds them, and likewise, to use no Feints but what shall be re-drawn to the Proof Strength, as is customarily known among the Trade. 1811 Niles' Reg. 1 311/1 The same process repeated until the ley has acquired proof strength. 1905 Daily Chron. 29 July 4/5 Spirits, however, are always sold below, and generally considerably below, ‘proof’ strength. 2004 C. P. Shaw Whisky (new ed.) 56 The system for measuring spirit strength in Britain changed in 1980 from the older and more complicated Sikes system of measuring proof strength, to the Organization of Legal Metrology, or OIML system. < as lemmas |
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