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单词 liquor
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Definition of liquor in English:

liquor

noun ˈlɪkəˈlɪkər
mass noun
  • 1Alcoholic drink, especially distilled spirits.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Consider drinking beer instead of hard liquor or wine.
    • At the bar, look for upscale liquor and signature drinks along with a variety of tapas.
    • She thought she could smell liquor on his breath, and crossed her arms.
    • The urge was there all right, to buy the cheapest illegal liquor and get drunk in the afternoon.
    • They should stop smoking tobacco and avoid drinking hard liquor.
    • To him spirituous liquor is a superfluous and dangerous luxury.
    • Of course, it didn't help the performances that apparently bootleg liquor flowed freely during the location shooting.
    • Help your partner stay away from beer, wine, wine coolers, liquor and mixed drinks.
    • But men are more likely to order alcohol in casual dining restaurants; both men and women drink liquor and wine.
    • People don't realize that if they order a tall drink they're getting the same amount of liquor as a short drink.
    • Poteen he explained is a very potent liquor distilled from potatoes.
    • Distilled liquor (including whisky) is unknown in Europe before the 13 th century AD.
    • In Connecticut, a 1949 ordinance forbids the storing of town records in any place where liquor is sold.
    • With their skills at home brewing, they turned its fruit into a particularly intoxicating liquor.
    • "I don't know why I'm still here, " I muttered, drinking another malt liquor.
    • I could smell the liquor on his breath, and I recoiled, disgusted.
    • Drinking hard liquor and beer both independently contributed to the logistic regression model.
    • Next, make sure all liquor, beer and wine is stored in a secured area.
    • A drink was defined as ‘a glass of wine, bottle of beer, shot glass of liquor, or mixed drink.’
    • He poured some liquor into the glass and I drank everything down.
    Synonyms
    alcohol, spirits, alcoholic drink, strong drink, drink, intoxicating liquor, intoxicant
    informal booze, hard stuff, shorts, the demon drink, firewater, juice, grog
    North American informal the sauce, hooch
  • 2Liquid in which something has been steeped or cooked.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These had been slightly glazed with concentrated poaching liquor and dusted with what tasted like ground-down, caramelised peach crisps.
    • A lot of popular spicy dishes require the ingredients to be marinated in a liquor for a few hours or overnight.
    1. 2.1 Liquid which drains from food during cooking.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Strain over a wide jug and retain the liquor, discarding the peppercorns.
      • They are more similar to dried beans than either crowder or black-eyed peas, and make a clear liquor when cooked.
      • After the required period of time, press-strain the herbs through a fine cloth and store the liquor for use.
      • Imagine you are making jam and have gotten to the point where you pour the steaming liquor of fruit, sugar, and pectin into the jars.
    2. 2.2 The liquid from which a substance has been crystallized or extracted.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The coolers often contained rods or branches to increase the surface area on which the liquor could crystallise.
      Synonyms
      stock, broth, bouillon, juice, gravy, liquid, infusion, extract, concentrate, decoction
    3. 2.3 Water used in brewing.
verb ˈlɪkə
[with object]
  • 1Dress (leather) with grease or oil.

  • 2Steep (something, especially malt) in water.

Phrasal Verbs

  • be (or get) liquored up

    • Be (or get) drunk.

      he got liquored up again on Friday
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But we did make plans to go out a couple of weeks later and had a grand old time partying together, getting liquored up and doing karaoke.
      • My father wouldn't let me drive the Porsche but I knew if we all went in one car, once my parents were liquored up, they would give me their keys to drive them home.
      • Face it; when Canada Day rolls around, nothing else will do, unless of course you're also partial to getting liquored up and rampaging down Whyte Avenue.
      • Everyone except for Terri and Guy proceed to get liquored up.
      • But getting liquored up is not the only way a non-believer can derive entertainment out of this ancient excuse for a Saturday morning space opera.
      • I can readily imagine my anscestors getting liquored up and charging off to fight 600 against 100,000 in certain knowledge of defeat.
      • Of the night before his first college game, age 17, he said, ‘We got liquored up because the beer was there and because we could.’
      • This from a sixty-year old man who still gets liquored up and crashed his ex-wife's wedding.
      • He liked getting liquored up and doing battle - his memos to various magazines reek of alcohol but are readable for their truth and their boozy wit.
      • That and I'm having it in a bar, so the audience will have a chance to get liquored up before I go on, which can only make me funnier.
      Synonyms
      intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

Middle English (denoting liquid or something to drink): from Old French lic(o)ur, from Latin liquor; related to liquare 'liquefy', liquere 'be fluid'.

Rhymes

bicker, clicker, dicker, flicker, kicker, nicker, picker, pricker, shicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ticker, tricker, vicar, whicker, Wicca, wicker
 
 

Definition of liquor in US English:

liquor

nounˈlikərˈlɪkər
  • 1Alcoholic drink, especially distilled spirits.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She thought she could smell liquor on his breath, and crossed her arms.
    • Distilled liquor (including whisky) is unknown in Europe before the 13 th century AD.
    • Drinking hard liquor and beer both independently contributed to the logistic regression model.
    • Consider drinking beer instead of hard liquor or wine.
    • Help your partner stay away from beer, wine, wine coolers, liquor and mixed drinks.
    • Poteen he explained is a very potent liquor distilled from potatoes.
    • The urge was there all right, to buy the cheapest illegal liquor and get drunk in the afternoon.
    • In Connecticut, a 1949 ordinance forbids the storing of town records in any place where liquor is sold.
    • But men are more likely to order alcohol in casual dining restaurants; both men and women drink liquor and wine.
    • At the bar, look for upscale liquor and signature drinks along with a variety of tapas.
    • I could smell the liquor on his breath, and I recoiled, disgusted.
    • With their skills at home brewing, they turned its fruit into a particularly intoxicating liquor.
    • They should stop smoking tobacco and avoid drinking hard liquor.
    • He poured some liquor into the glass and I drank everything down.
    • "I don't know why I'm still here, " I muttered, drinking another malt liquor.
    • To him spirituous liquor is a superfluous and dangerous luxury.
    • People don't realize that if they order a tall drink they're getting the same amount of liquor as a short drink.
    • A drink was defined as ‘a glass of wine, bottle of beer, shot glass of liquor, or mixed drink.’
    • Of course, it didn't help the performances that apparently bootleg liquor flowed freely during the location shooting.
    • Next, make sure all liquor, beer and wine is stored in a secured area.
    Synonyms
    alcohol, spirits, alcoholic drink, strong drink, drink, intoxicating liquor, intoxicant
  • 2Liquid in which something has been steeped or cooked.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These had been slightly glazed with concentrated poaching liquor and dusted with what tasted like ground-down, caramelised peach crisps.
    • A lot of popular spicy dishes require the ingredients to be marinated in a liquor for a few hours or overnight.
    1. 2.1 Liquid which drains from food during cooking.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Imagine you are making jam and have gotten to the point where you pour the steaming liquor of fruit, sugar, and pectin into the jars.
      • Strain over a wide jug and retain the liquor, discarding the peppercorns.
      • After the required period of time, press-strain the herbs through a fine cloth and store the liquor for use.
      • They are more similar to dried beans than either crowder or black-eyed peas, and make a clear liquor when cooked.
    2. 2.2 The liquid from which a substance has been crystallized or extracted.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The coolers often contained rods or branches to increase the surface area on which the liquor could crystallise.
      Synonyms
      stock, broth, bouillon, juice, gravy, liquid, infusion, extract, concentrate, decoction
    3. 2.3 Water used in brewing.

Phrasal Verbs

  • be (or get) liquored up

    • Be (or get) drunk.

      he got liquored up again on Friday
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Of the night before his first college game, age 17, he said, ‘We got liquored up because the beer was there and because we could.’
      • Everyone except for Terri and Guy proceed to get liquored up.
      • Face it; when Canada Day rolls around, nothing else will do, unless of course you're also partial to getting liquored up and rampaging down Whyte Avenue.
      • But we did make plans to go out a couple of weeks later and had a grand old time partying together, getting liquored up and doing karaoke.
      • I can readily imagine my anscestors getting liquored up and charging off to fight 600 against 100,000 in certain knowledge of defeat.
      • This from a sixty-year old man who still gets liquored up and crashed his ex-wife's wedding.
      • My father wouldn't let me drive the Porsche but I knew if we all went in one car, once my parents were liquored up, they would give me their keys to drive them home.
      • He liked getting liquored up and doing battle - his memos to various magazines reek of alcohol but are readable for their truth and their boozy wit.
      • That and I'm having it in a bar, so the audience will have a chance to get liquored up before I go on, which can only make me funnier.
      • But getting liquored up is not the only way a non-believer can derive entertainment out of this ancient excuse for a Saturday morning space opera.
      Synonyms
      intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

Middle English (denoting liquid or something to drink): from Old French lic(o)ur, from Latin liquor; related to liquare ‘liquefy’, liquere ‘be fluid’.

 
 
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