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 Oxford 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。
Oxford 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
(捕小野兽或鸟的)齿夹;捕兽夹
Word Originsenses 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’.