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kirschwasser

英 ['k,vɑs] 美
  • n. 樱桃酒

kirschwasser

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kirschwasser (n.)
"liquor distilled from fermented cherry juice," 1819, from German Kirschwasser, literally "cherry-water;" first element from Middle High German kirse, from Old High German kirsa, from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, from Late Latin cerasium "cherry" (see cherry). For second element, see water (n.1).