whiskey

英美['hw?ski]

TEM4低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?whiskeys;

1. German Wasser "water" => Old Irish uisce "water" => whisky / whiskey.
2. 來源于對酒的美稱“生命之水”。

whiskey 威士忌

來自蘇格蘭蓋爾語uisge-beatha,生命之水，uisge,水，詞源water,beatha,生命，詞源同biology.

whiskey (n.): 1715, from Gaelic uisge beatha "whisky," literally "water of life," from Old Irish uisce "water" (from PIE *ud-skio-, from root *wed- (1) "water, wet;" see water (n.1)) + bethu "life" (from PIE *gwi-wo-tut-, suffixed form of *gwi-wo-, from root *gweie- (1) "to live;" see bio-).

According to Barnhart, the Gaelic is probably a loan-translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae, which had been applied to intoxicating drinks since early 14c. (compare French eau de vie "brandy"). Other early spellings in English include usquebea (1706) and iskie bae (1580s). In Ireland and Scotland obtained from malt; in the U.S. commonly made from corn or rye. Spelling distinction between Scotch whisky and Irish and American whiskey is a 19c. innovation. Whisky sour is recorded from 1889.

1. He asked for ice for his whiskey and proceeded to get drunk.: 他要求給他的威士忌里面加冰，接著喝得大醉。

2. He was drinking his double whiskey too fast and scowling.: 他猛灌著雙份威士忌，臉色陰沉。