gin

gin1
noun
  1. [mass noun]a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries
    杜松子酒
  2. (亦作 gin rummy)a form of the card game rummy in which a player holding unmelded cards totalling ten or less may terminate play
    金罗美（拉米纸牌戏的一种，玩者手中未摊出的牌为10张或少于10张时可摊牌叫停）
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever
gin2
noun
  1. a machine for separating cotton from its seeds
    轧棉机，轧花机
  2. a machine for raising and moving heavy weights
    三脚起重机；起重装置
(ginned, ginning)
  1. [with obj.]treat (cotton) in a gin
    （用轧棉机）轧（棉）
派生
ginner
noun
ginnery
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'a tool or device, a trick'): from Old French engin (see engine)
gin3
noun
  1. (Austral. derogatory)an Aboriginal woman
    (澳，贬)女性土著，女性土人
语源
  1. from Dharuk diyin 'woman, wife'
英语宝典
热门查询
英语宝典
考试词汇表
　
返回
搜单词
背单词