“sangaree”的英英意思

单词 sangaree
释义 sangaree, n.|sæŋgəˈriː|
Also sangarie, sangre(e.
[a. Sp. sangría (lit. ‘bleeding’), ‘a drink composed of lemon water and red wine’ (Novísimo Dicc., 1868).]
A cold drink composed of wine diluted and spiced, used chiefly in tropical countries.
1736Gentl. Mag. Sept. 551 Mr. Gordon, a Punch-seller in the Strand, had devised a new Punch made of strong Madeira wine and called Sangre.1785Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue, Sangaree, rack punch was formerly so called in bagnio's.1795Potter Dict. Cant (ed. 2), Sangree, rack punch.1796Stedman Surinam I. 293 Sherbet, sangaree, and wine and water.Ibid. note, Water, Madeira wine, nutmeg, and sugar.1801C. Smith Lett. Solit. Wand. I. 302 The worthy manager then retired to his sangarie.1843Marryat M. Violet xxvii, Which..enabled the fortunate owner to take his last tumbler of port-wine sangaree.1865Indian Dom. Econ. (ed. 6) 329 Sangarie. Mix three bottles of red wine with three half pints of water [etc.].1891Kipling Light that Failed vii, Come, and I'll show you how to brew sangaree.
attrib.1872E. Braddon Life in India i. 4 The Anglo-Indian is generally believed to be a luxurious idler, whose life is spent in hookah-smoking,..sangaree-drinking.
Hence sangaree v. trans., to make (wine) into sangaree.
1835J. H. Ingraham South-West I. 115 [Devotees of domino are] clustered around the tables, with a tonic, often renewed and properly sangareed, at their elbows.1860R. Fowler Med. Vocab., Sangareed, reduced in strength and sweetened.

 

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