单词 | rakia |
释义 | rakian. A type of colourless spirit in the Balkans distilled from various ingredients, including grape pomace and plums, and often flavoured with herbs or other aromatics. Cf. raki n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others koumiss1598 nugs of balm1609 rakia1613 pariah-arrack1671 stalagma1684 fenouillette1706 aguardiente1752 fennel water1757 rakia1778 mahua1810 mahua-arrack1813 kirschwasser1819 mescal1826 still-spirit1832 mobbie1833 zibib1836 potato spirit1839 mowra1846 tequila1849 Jersey lightning1852 petit baume1858 kirsch1869 mastic1876 Hoochinoo1877 mastic brandy1883 mastika1889 hooch1897 ouzo1897 milk-whisky1906 mahua spirit1920 shochu1938 mirabelle1940 tsipouro1947 mahua liquor1961 Mao-tai1962 changaa1975 reposado1982 1778 tr. A. Fortis Trav. into Dalmatia 87 A large draught of a spirituous liquor, which they call rakia [It. una generosa bibita di Rakia], is commonly their first medicinal potion. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1290/2 Rakia is a Dalmatian spirit, drawn from the murk of the wine-press, mingled with aromatics. 1876 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 5 289 The rakia (raki of the nearer East) is particularly good and plentiful. 1912 M. E. Durham in Englishwoman Dec. 276 We were stopped to receive hospitality at the house of a headsman [in Mirdita]..where we sat on a scarlet carpet, drank rakia and ate tepid mutton with our fingers. 1926 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 526/1 It was a large scent-bottle filled with rakija. 1959 F. Maclean Back to Bokhara ii. 103 Rakia, the plum brandy of Bosnia. 1994 Independent on Sunday 18 Dec. 10/1 It ends at a series of bunkers where Serb soldiers swig rakia to keep out the frost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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