caudle
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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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.
- To make into caudle.
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To serve as a caudle to; to refresh.
— Will the cold brook, / Candied with ice, caudle thy morning taste, / To cure thy o'ernight's surfeit?
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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