| 单词 |
Bordeaux |
| 释义 |
Bordeaux|bɔːˈdəʊ|
Also 6– Burdeux, Sc. Burdeous, 7 Burdeaux, 7–8 Bourdeaux.
1. A city in the south of France; hence, the wine made there, claret. † Bordeaux hammer (humorous): a vinous headache.
[1483Cath. Angl. 48 Burdus [Burdeus], ciuitas est, burdigallus. ]c1570Leg. Bp. St. Andrews in Scot. Poems 16th C. (1801) II. 342 His contagious stomack Was sa owersett with Burdeous drummake. 1576Newton tr. Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 94 A Burdeaux hammer beating in his head. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 69 There's a whole Marchants Venture of Burdeux-Stuffe in him. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1725) I. 260 He could content himself with plain Bourdeaux, if it had a good body. 1836Marryat Three Cutt. iii, Don't go abroad to drink sour wine, because they call it Bordeaux.
2. A shade of red produced by any of several red azo-dyes derived from beta naphthol.
1904Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 4/2 Bordeaux-coloured straw. 1909Ibid. 11 Jan. 5/2 The various shades of violet, blue, and what we have called Bordeaux.
3. Bordeaux mixture: a mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water, used for the destruction of fungi.
1892Prev. Potato Dis. (R. Veitch & Son) 4 The Bordeaux Mixture, or ‘Bouillie Bordelaise’. 1921Discovery May 130/1 Bordelaise, or Bordeaux mixture..was first used to cover grapes growing alongside paths and roads to prevent ‘finger blight’. 1959Sci. News LI. 30 The latter causes pod rot and can be dealt with by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. |
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