“broma”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

broma

释义

▪ I. ‖ ˈbroma¹ Obs.
[16th c. Sp. broma, ‘a worme that eateth holes in ships’ (Percivall).]
A ship-worm; ? the teredo.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. iii. vi. (Arb.) 164 Of the planckes wherof, if shyppes were made, they shoulde bee safe from the woormes of the sea whiche they caule Bromas.1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 22 Their ships were also in many places eaten with the wormes called Bromas or Bissas, whereof mention is made in the Decades.1831W. Irving Columbus (1849) III. 55 As their vessels were in danger of being destroyed by the broma or worms.
▪ II. ‖ broma²|ˈbrəʊmə|
[a. Gr. βρῶµα food.]
1. Med. ‘Food of any kind that is masticated and not drank’ (Hooper Med. Dict. 1811).
2. A preparation of chocolate (so called from theobroma, the name of the Cacao plant).
1858E. Twining Lect. Plants x. 301 Broma is another kind of composition made from chocolate seeds.

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