[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
Alternative names: ethanol, ethyl alcohol; chem. formula: C2H5OH 又名: 乙醇;化学分子式: C2H5OH ■drink containing this 酒 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
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.)