whisky

whis·key

also whis·ky W5127400 (wĭs′kē, hwĭs′-)n. pl. whis·keys also whis·kies 1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from grain, such as corn, rye, or barley, and containing approximately 40 to 50 percent ethyl alcohol by volume.2. A drink of such liquor.

[Shortening and alteration of usquebaugh.]Word History: The words water, whiskey, and vodka flow from a common source, the Indo-European root *wed-, "water, wet." This root could appear in several guises, as *wed-, *wod-, or *ud-. Water is a native English word that goes back by way of prehistoric Common Germanic *watar to the Indo-European suffixed form *wod-ōr, with an o. Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh, which English borrowed from Irish Gaelic uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha. This compound descends from Old Irish uisce, "water," and bethad, "of life," meaning literally "water of life." (It thus meant the same thing as the name of another drink, aquavit, which comes from Latin aqua vītae, "water of life.") Uisce comes from the Indo-European suffixed form *ud-skio-. Finally, the name of another alcoholic drink, vodka, comes into English from Russian, where it means literally "little water," as it is a diminutive of voda, "water"—a euphemism if ever there was one. Voda comes from the same Indo-European form as English water, but has a different suffix: *wod-ā.

whisky

(ˈwɪskɪ) n, pl -kies (Brewing) a spirit made by distilling fermented cereals, which is matured and often blended[C18: shortened from whiskybae, from Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, literally: water of life; see usquebaugh]

whis•key

or whis•ky

(ˈʰwɪs ki, ˈwɪs-)

n., pl. -keys or -kies. 1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn. 2. a drink of whiskey. [1705–15; short for whiskybae < Irish uisce beatha or Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, ultimately translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae literally, water of life; compare usquebaugh]

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whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grainwhiskeybooze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermentedblended whiskey, blended whisky - mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spiritsbourbon - whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrelscorn whiskey, corn whisky, corn - whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent cornIrish whiskey, Irish whisky, Irish - whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barleyrye whiskey, rye whisky, rye - whiskey distilled from rye or rye and maltScotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch - whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot stillsour mash whiskey, sour mash - any whiskey distilled from sour mashmanhattan - a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bittersold fashioned - a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit sliceswhiskey sour, whisky sour - a sour made with whiskey

whisky

noun Scotch, malt, rye, bourbon, firewater, John Barleycorn, usquebaugh (Gaelic), barley-bree (Scot.) a glass of whiskyQuotations
"Freedom and Whisky gang thegither!" [Robert Burns The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer]
"a torchlight procession marching down your throat" [John L. O'Sullivan (of whisky)]

Whiskies

blend, blended whisky, bourbon, corn whisky, grain whisky, hokonui (N.Z.), Irish whiskey, malt or malt whisky, poteen or poitín, redeye (U.S. slang), rye, Scotch, shebeen or shebean (Irish), single malt, sour mash, vatted malt

Translations

威士忌威士忌酒

whisky

(ˈwiski) (Irish and American) whiskey noun a type of alcoholic drink made from grain. 威士忌酒

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→ 威士忌zhCN

A whisky and soda → 威士忌和苏打水
I'll have a whisky → 我要一杯威士忌

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