sherbet
/ˈʃɜːbət/noun
mass noun
1- Brit. a flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink〈英〉果汁牛奶冻。
1.1
- (especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices（尤指阿拉伯国家的）冰冻果子露。
1.2
- N. Amer. water ice; sorbet〈北美〉冰水; 果汁冰糕。
1.3
- Austral. humorous beer〈澳, 幽默〉啤酒。
USAGE
The tendency to insert an r into the second syllable of sherbet is common: the misspelling sherbert accounts for around a quarter of the citations for the word in the Oxford English Corpus.
词源
early 17th cent.: from Turkish erbet, Persian šerbet, from Arabic šarba 'drink', from šariba 'to drink'. Compare with SYRUP.