请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 gin and it
释义

gin and it

noun British informal, dated
A drink of gin and Italian vermouth: I can imagine him in a dinner suit, tinkling on a piano, and sipping a gin and it [mass noun]: a glass of gin and it...
  • I thought I'd been the perfect hostess till one of the dowagers asked for gin and It.
  • He never did see much action outside the Pall Mall club, where his restorative gin and it was much appreciated.
  • Elizabeth comes across as a cozy, deeply sympathetic creature with whom you'd love to have tea - or a gin and it - some day.

Origin

1930s: it being an abbreviation of Italian (in Italian vermouth).

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 18:59:03