sherbet
sherbet
noun
noun
- [mass noun](Brit.)a flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink
(英)果汁牛奶冻
■(especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices
（尤指阿拉伯国家的）冰冻果子露
■(N. Amer.)water ice; sorbet
(北美)冰水；果汁冰糕
■(Austral. humorous)beer
(澳，幽默)啤酒
- early 17th cent.: from Turkish şerbet, Persian ŝerbet, from Arabic ŝarba 'drink', from ŝariba 'to drink'. Compare with syrup
- The tendency to insert an r into the second syllable of sherbet is common; this misspelling accounts for around 10 per cent of the citations for sherbet in the Oxford English Corpus
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