alcohol

alcohol
noun
  1. [mass noun]a colourless volatile flammable liquid which is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel
    酒精
  2. Alternative names: ethanol, ethyl alcohol; chem. formula: C2H5OH
    又名: 乙醇;化学分子式: C2H5OH
    ■drink containing this

    he has not taken alcohol in twenty-five years.
    他有25年不喝酒了。
    ■[count noun](Chemistry)any organic compound whose molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a carbon atom
    (化)醇
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: French (earlier form of alcool), or from medieval Latin, from Arabic al-kuḥl 'the kohl'. In early use the term denoted powders, specifically kohl, and especially those obtained by sublimation; later 'a distilled or rectified spirit' (mid 17th cent.)
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