“water of life”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

water of life

释义

water of life
1. fig. A drink which gives life or immortality to the drinker.
1382Wyclif Rev. xxii. 17 And he that wole, take freely the watir of lijf.1688Bunyan (title) The Water of Life, or a Discourse shewing the Richness and Glory of the Grace and Spirit of the Gospel.1867Kingsley Water of Life i. 4 The East..was haunted by dreams of a Water of Life, a Fount of Perpetual Youth, a Cup of Immortality.
2. A name for brandy or whisky; rendering med.L. aqua vitæ (see aqua-vitæ), F. eau-de-vie (see eau), Gael., Ir. uisge-beatha (see usquebaugh, whisky). rare (only as transl.).
1576G. Baker tr. Gesner's Jewell Health 11 b, The infusions..are done eyther in simple water,..or in water of lyfe.1822J. Wilson Lights & Shadows of Sc. Life 372 The shepherds..were collected together (not without a quech of the mountain-dew, or water of life) in a large shed.

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