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单词 tonic water
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Definition of tonic water in English:

tonic water

noun
mass noun
  • A carbonated soft drink with a bitter flavour, used as a mixer with gin or other spirits (originally used as a stimulant of appetite and digestion)

    汤尼水,奎宁水(一种可与杜松子酒等掺兑的碳酸软饮料,味苦,原用来开胃,助消化)

    a bottle of tonic water
    count noun the taste of different tonic waters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you have mixed drinks, use mixers that are sugar-free, such as diet soda, tonic water, club soda or seltzer.
    • She said I should drink tonic water, which has quinine in it.
    • When tested later, the memory of those who drank vodka was significantly impaired compared with the memory of those who drank tonic water.
    • One doctor told me to drink tonic water for its quinine, but it doesn't seem to help.
    • I was told tonic water would stop leg cramps because of the quinine.
    • Add a spritz of your favorite juice to flavored seltzer water or diet tonic water.
    • The critic's choice of vegetarian spring rolls, vegetarian curry, and vegetable stir-fry accompanied by tonic water and draft beer doesn't really sound like quality.
    • Pour the remaining vodka, tonic water and lemon juice into a bowl and stir in the gelatine mixture.
    • I'm now drunk on gin and peach flavoured diet tonic water.
    • When we want tonic water, we will ask for tonic water.
    • Soda water, seltzer water and tonic water are not considered bottled waters.
    • Others report that drinking tonic water or taking a B-complex vitamin can prevent cramps.
    • A vodka tonic there meant a glass of cheap vodka and a bottle of tonic water.
    • If I take a couple swigs of tonic water, that may help.
    • 148 undergraduate students were given tonic water, but half were told they were drinking vodka.
    • I was drinking large quantities of tonic water, which contains quinine, when this started.
    • The basic mixers are cola, lemon-lime soda, tonic water, soda water, orange juice, cranberry juice, tomato juice, ginger ale and grapefruit juice.
    • Liza was also very fond of toast, oranges, and tonic water and her pink fluffy slippers that she never seemed to be without.
    • The quinine-laced tonic water was proscribed as a malaria preventive, and the ingenious troops found adding gin made the nasty stuff slide right down.
    • For example, adding salt to tonic water suppresses the bitterness and makes it taste sweeter.

Definition of tonic water in US English:

tonic water

nounˈtänik ˌwôdər
  • A bitter carbonated soft drink made with quinine, used especially as a mixer with gin or other liquors (originally used as a stimulant of appetite and digestion).

    汤尼水,奎宁水(一种可与杜松子酒等掺兑的碳酸软饮料,味苦,原用来开胃,助消化)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, adding salt to tonic water suppresses the bitterness and makes it taste sweeter.
    • One doctor told me to drink tonic water for its quinine, but it doesn't seem to help.
    • If I take a couple swigs of tonic water, that may help.
    • 148 undergraduate students were given tonic water, but half were told they were drinking vodka.
    • I was told tonic water would stop leg cramps because of the quinine.
    • Liza was also very fond of toast, oranges, and tonic water and her pink fluffy slippers that she never seemed to be without.
    • The basic mixers are cola, lemon-lime soda, tonic water, soda water, orange juice, cranberry juice, tomato juice, ginger ale and grapefruit juice.
    • I'm now drunk on gin and peach flavoured diet tonic water.
    • The quinine-laced tonic water was proscribed as a malaria preventive, and the ingenious troops found adding gin made the nasty stuff slide right down.
    • Others report that drinking tonic water or taking a B-complex vitamin can prevent cramps.
    • When tested later, the memory of those who drank vodka was significantly impaired compared with the memory of those who drank tonic water.
    • A vodka tonic there meant a glass of cheap vodka and a bottle of tonic water.
    • Add a spritz of your favorite juice to flavored seltzer water or diet tonic water.
    • If you have mixed drinks, use mixers that are sugar-free, such as diet soda, tonic water, club soda or seltzer.
    • I was drinking large quantities of tonic water, which contains quinine, when this started.
    • The critic's choice of vegetarian spring rolls, vegetarian curry, and vegetable stir-fry accompanied by tonic water and draft beer doesn't really sound like quality.
    • When we want tonic water, we will ask for tonic water.
    • Soda water, seltzer water and tonic water are not considered bottled waters.
    • She said I should drink tonic water, which has quinine in it.
    • Pour the remaining vodka, tonic water and lemon juice into a bowl and stir in the gelatine mixture.
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