Dram
[dræm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the basic unit of money in Armenia.
(noun.) 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams.
(noun.) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
埃尔罗伊校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
(n.) A minute quantity; a mite.
(n.) As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
(n.) A Persian daric.
(v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.
手打:鲁迪
解釋/意思:
n. a contraction of Drachm: 1⁄16th of an oz. avoirdupois: formerly with apothecaries ⅛th of an oz.: as much raw spirits as is drunk at once.—v.i. to drink a dram.—v.t. to give a dram to.—ns. Dram′-drink′er; Dram′-shop.
錄入:基思
例句/造句/用法:
- This was always my cordial, to which, like other dram-drinkers, I had eager recourse when unsettled by chagrin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Meanwhile, Simon turned on his heel, and marched up to the bar of the boat for a dram. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It was some broken wittles--that's what it was--and a dram of liquor, and a pie. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The umpires having partaken of a dram, shook hands and departed, as they had to drive out of town that night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She took her dram three times a day, and her pipe of tobacco four times. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Once, in her absence, he intimated to MacTurk that that woman was a dram-drinker. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Wegg having eyed him with an impudent air at leisure, addressed him, therefore, while refreshing himself with his dram. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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