caudle

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A drink given to the sick, consisting of ale or wine, bread, and eggs.
    — Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
动词 v.
  1. To make into caudle. transitive
  2. To serve as a caudle to; to refresh. transitive
    — Will the cold brook, / Candied with ice, caudle thy morning taste, / To cure thy o'ernight's surfeit?

词形变化

caudles plural caudles present,singular,third-person caudling participle,present caudled participle,past caudled past

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English caudel, from Old Northern French caudel, from Medieval Latin caldellum, diminutive of Latin caldus, calidus (“warm”).
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English caudel, from Old Northern French caudel, from Medieval Latin caldellum, diminutive of Latin caldus, calidus (“warm”).
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