单词 | hops |
释义 | hops (once / 2783 pages) n WORD FAMILY hop: hopped, hopper, hopping, hops+/hopper: hoppers USAGE EXAMPLESHops are flowers of the hop plant, and they’re used to impart flavor and aroma to beer. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) Based around freshly harvested hops from the Pacific Northwest, Celebration is both complex and mercurial. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) British hops lend this beer an earthy body that’s a welcome break from the sweet fruitiness of a lot of Christmas beer. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) n twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer Syn|Hypo|Hyper hop European hop, Humulus lupulus, bine, common hop, common hops European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America American hop, Humulus americanusnative American plant sometimes confused with the European hop Humulus japonicus, Japanese hopornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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