单词 | rio |
释义 | Rion.1 U.S. Now historical. A type of (inferior) coffee imported from Rio de Janeiro. Also more fully Rio coffee. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > coffee from specific place Arabian coffee1674 Java coffee1764 mocha1773 Java1805 Rio1817 Blue Mountain coffee1879 Blue Mountain1882 Santos1888 Jamaica1899 Mysore1907 Kenya coffee1921 Chagga1957 Continental roast1958 arabica1959 1817 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No., 31 Jan. 601/2 Rio coffee holds the third rank in the European market. 1841 Times 4 Mar. 5/3 500 bags of Rio coffee brought 10½c. to 11c. 1864 Battle-fields of South II. 309 I doubt if any would have parted with their steaming cups of Rio. 1909 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 13 June 1/2 He sips a cup of Rio at the dinner table. 1922 W. H. Ukers All about Coffee 631/2 The former was a genuine Rio, but the Java was mostly Jamaica coffee. 1951 V. D. Wickizer Coffee, Tea & Cocoa i. iii. 41 So-called mild coffees have none of the rankness of Rio coffee. 2000 N. P. Naro Slave's Place, Master's World 40 The coffee was low grade in quality and had an unpleasing, even repugnant, taste that was shunned by international buyers and was classified as ‘Rio’ coffee. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rion.2 In Venice: any of the small narrow canals within the city boundaries.The rii comprise all Venetian canals except the Grand Canal, the Canareggio Canal, and those (such as the Guidecca Canal) which surround rather than traverse the city. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > types of canal sidecut1722 junction1796 rio1819 water plane1847 1819 W. S. Rose Lett. from N. Italy I. xxviii. 283 The rii oftener extend from house to house, and these then consequently rise on either side from out of the water. 1854 Anglo-Amer. Mag. Feb. 163/2 She turned down a little street, at the far end of which was a rio, whose water—an unusual thing in Venice—was..remarkably clear. 1903 T. Okey Venice & its Story ii. v. 264 We may disembark at the square portal,..which opens on the Grand Canal just beyond the rio. 1984 ‘J. Gash’ Gondola Scam xiii. 95 I was able to shove the gondola across the rio. 2002 P. Weideger Venetian Dreaming 70 While there were many small wooden bridges across the rios, Venice was a city created by and for people who went around in boats. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11817n.21819 |
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