单词 | sambuca |
释义 | sambucan.1 1. Ancient Music. ‘A triangular stringed-instrument of a very sharp shrill tone’ (Lewis & Short). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > others sambucac1384 barbiton1545 alpharion1599 barbit1624 strumstrum1697 magadis1721 polychord1737 bumbassa1796 bell-harp1798 pipa1839 cavaquinho1863 nanga1864 bow1872 zither1877 ukeke1891 molo1912 pluriarc1923 Helicon- c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. iii. 5 Harpe, sambuke, sautrie, and symfonie. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 9v This I am sure, yt lutes, harpes, all maner of pypes, barbitons, sambukes,..be condemned of Aristotle. a1831 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) IX. 451 The sambuc was, it is believed, similar to the psaltery. 1902 W. L. Newman Politics of Aristotle III. 550 The sambuca was high-pitched and piercing in tone. 2. Roman History. A military engine for storming walls. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista ballistaeOE ginc1325 mangonelc1325 springalc1330 ballistc1384 scorpionc1384 tormentc1384 trebuchet1388 fowler1420 dondainec1430 onagera1460 perrier1481 trabuch?1482 bricole1489 coillard1489 mouton1489 sambuca1489 martinet1523 racket1535 sling1535 brake1552 catapult1577 sweep1598 sling-dart1600 petrary1610 espringal1614 scorpion-bowa1629 swafe1688 sackbut1756 mangona1773 matafunda1773 lombard1838 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. 154 Sambuce is an engyn whiche is made in manere of a harpe able to perce a walle. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course xi. f. 117 The rest followed them by the Sambuque. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sambucan.2 An Italian liqueur resembling anisette. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of rosa solis1564 rose wine1603 rose of solace1604 ros solis1607 ratafia1670 brandy-cherrya1687 cherry-brandy1686 kernel-water1706 cherry cordial1710 visney1733 walnut-water1747 aniseed1749 maraschino1770 noyau1787 rosolio1796 cherry-bounce1798 absinthe1803 Parfait Amour1805 curaçao1813 ginger cordial1813 citronelle1818 pine1818 crèmea1821 alkermes1825 Goldwasser1826 citronella1834 anisette1837 goldwater1849 crème de cassis1851 Van der Hum1861 chocolate liqueur1864 kümmel1864 chartreuse1866 pimento dram1867 Trappistine1877 green muse1878 rock and rye1878 Benedictine1882 liqueur brandy1882 mandarin1882 green1889 Drambuie1893 advocaat1895 Grand Marnier1900 green fairy1902 green peril1905 cassis1907 Strega1910 quetsch1916 cointreau1920 anis1926 Izarra1926 Southern Comfort1934 amaro1945 Tia Maria1948 amaretto1969 Sabra1970 sambuca1971 Midori1978 limoncello1993 1971 P. Purser Holy Father's Navy xv. 121 They stared at me, coffee cups and brandies and sambuccas half-raised to lips. 1975 Times 11 Jan. 11/5 Sambuca, from Italy..contains liquorice. 1977 New Yorker 20 June 26/1 It got so cold that..when they tried to pour anisette or Sambuca into their coffee in the early mornings to warm up, they sometimes found it frozen in the bottle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1c1384n.21971 |
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