gin
noun /dʒɪn/
/dʒɪn/
- [uncountable, countable] an alcoholic drink made from grain and with juniper berries added. Gin is usually drunk mixed with tonic or fruit juice.
Topics Drinksc1 see also pink gin, sloe gin杜松子酒 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- stiff
- double
- large
- …
- drink
- have
- sip
- …
- a gin and tonic
- [countable] a glass of gin
一杯杜松子酒 - I'll have a gin and tonic, please.
请来一杯加奎宁水的杜松子酒。 - She poured herself a large gin.
她给自己倒了一大杯杜松子酒。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- stiff
- double
- large
- …
- drink
- have
- sip
- …
- a gin and tonic
- I'll have a gin and tonic, please.
- (also cotton gin)a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton
轧棉机;轧花机 - (also gin trap)a device for catching small wild animals or birds
杜松子酒: 一种捕获小型野生动物或鸟类的设备
词源senses 1 to 2 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever.sense 3 Middle English (in the sense ‘a tool or device, a trick’): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’.