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单词 chicha
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Definition of chicha in English:

chicha

noun ˈtʃɪtʃə
mass noun
  • (in South and Central America) a kind of beer made typically from maize.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its claim to fame is chicha, a homemade corn drink akin to moonshine, and the chicherria is a cavernous adobe barn with chickens and roosters strutting freely among the tables.
    • Yesterday's winners were loitering about, looking hopeful, but the chicha had given us bellyaches, and it was time to go.
    • These men mingled late at night in Sucre's chicha taverns after the lesser customers were shooed out.
    • First they drink the chicha, then they kill the cows and goats, and then the brawling and stone throwing - and sometimes the killing - begins.
    • They involve music, dancing, and the consumption of alcoholic beverages such as chicha, brewed from corn.
    • Along the track's edges the older women sit in line, tending their cooking fires, selling home-grown produce or ladling out mugs of chicha, the milky maize beer brewed only the night before and still fermenting.
    • Even at 1-3% alcohol content, 10 litres is a lot of chicha.
    • As I passed a doorway, someone grabbed me by the elbow and dragged me inside, commanding, ‘Buy chicha!’
    • Our guide wants us to see a local chicharia, a place that sells chicha (corn beer).
    • Both spouses had been drinking chicha all day long.
    • They were expected to spin and weave, pasture llamas and alpacas, work in the fields, gather firewood, make chicha (corn beer), cook, and clean the house.
    • Usually they celebrate with generous quantities of a fermented drink called chicha, which is often made from corn.
    • He became angry and threw a glass of chicha in her face.
    • Native people of Amazonia and the Sierra prepare chicha, a brew made from manioc and maize, respectively.
    • Neighbors are offered chicha, cigarettes, and food in return for their help in the construction of a new home.
    • For example, in the Andean region of South America chicha is traditionally made from pulverized corn.
    • In some areas chicha was believed to cure bronchitis, colds, and other chest ills as well as to accelerate the birth process - it was the Bolivian equivalent of chicken soup.
    • Salvador argued that when he asked for chicha, the women in the chicheria, and a man he did not know, chased him out, threw rocks at him, and beat him with sticks.

Origin

American Spanish, from Kuna.

 
 
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