lees

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. plural,plural-only
    — Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.
  2. plural of lee form-of,plural

词源

From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester.
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