liquor

英 [ˈlɪkə(r)]

美 [ˈlɪkər]

n.  烈性酒; 含酒精饮料
vt.  浸泡; 喝酒

复数：liquors　

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牛津词典

noun

• 烈性酒
  strong alcoholic drink
  1. hard liquor
     烈性酒
  2. She drinks wine and beer but no liquor.
     她喝葡萄酒和啤酒，但不沾烈性酒。
• 含酒精饮料
  any alcoholic drink
  1. intoxicating liquor
     烈酒

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS （威士忌、伏特加、杜松子酒等）烈性酒
  Strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky, vodka, and gin can be referred to asliquor.
  1. The room was filled with cases of liquor.
     房间里堆满了整箱整箱的烈性酒。
  2. ...intoxicating liquors.
     致醉的烈酒

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 spirits

英英释义

noun

• the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked
  Synonym:pot liquorpot likker
• an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
  Synonym:spiritsboozehard drinkhard liquorJohn Barleycornstrong drink
• a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
  1. waste liquors

双语例句

• Patterson went straight to the liquor cabinet and extracted a bottle of Scotch
  帕特森径直走到酒柜前，取出一瓶苏格兰威士忌。
• China is a liquor production and consumption power.
  我国是白酒生产和消费大国。
• This liquor is pretty strong, you'd better go easy.
  这酒很霸道，少喝点儿吧。
• John, however, had gotten into the habit of drinking too much liquor.
  可是，约翰已养成了酗酒的坏习惯。
• It was hard liquor, but he knocked it back in a few seconds.
  那是烈酒，可他几秒钟就喝光了。
• They quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game.
  他们一声不响地把酒一口气喝干，然后又去打球了。
• The federal government hiked the tax on hard liquor.
  联邦政府提高了烈性酒的税率。
• The emergence of Qu liquor had advanced the development of fermenting containers and liquor-making techniques.
  曲酒的诞生推动了发酵容器和酿酒技术的进步。
• She drinks wine and beer but no hard liquor.
  她喝葡萄酒和啤酒，可是不喝烈性酒。
• The liquor began to show its effect.
  酒性开始发作。