| 单词 | proof spirit |
| 释义 | proof spiritnounan alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984. Origin of proof spiritFirst recorded in 1735–45 Words nearby proof spiritproof of concept, proof-of-purchase, proof of the pudding, proofread, proof sheet, proof spirit, proof stress, proof theory, prootic, prop, propaedeutic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for proof spirit
British Dictionary definitions for proof spiritproof spirit noun(in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 per cent by volume at 51°F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids (in the US) a similar standard mixture containing 50 per cent of alcohol by volume at 60°F Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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