单词 | well-brewed |
释义 | well-brewedadj. Skilfully brewed; thoroughly fermented. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > mature ripec1400 well-brewed1570 reserve2006 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 31 One busshell wel brewed, out lasteth some twaine. 1600 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health ii. i. 7 Beere which is made of good malt, well brewed, not too new, nor too stale, nourisheth the body. 1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles iii. iv. 40 The salutiferous operation of well brewed Ale. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. iv. 13 The Monsters of this Age: Whose well-brew'd-Brains are perfect Stingo. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 135 A small and well brewed Beer. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 4 It was near four o'clock on a September day, so that the atmosphere was well-brewed to a visible haze. 1920 Pure Products Jan. 12 The March beer was so well brewed that it would keep sound for a year. 2009 Sunday Business Post (Ireland) (Nexis) 22 Feb. Over 98 per cent of a well-brewed filter coffee is actually water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1570 |
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