potation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of drinking. countable,in-plural,often,uncountable
    — […] perhaps his nocturnal potations, prevented him from recognizing accents which were tolerably familiar to him—[…]
  2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage. countable,uncountable
    — For as this is the Liquor of modern Hiſtorians, nay, perhaps their Muſe, if we may believe the Opinion of Butler, who attributes Inſpiration to Ale, it ought likewiſe to be the Potation of their Readers; ſince every Book ought to be read with the ſame Spirit, and in the ſame Manner, as it is writ.

词形变化

potations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
compotation potational
相关词
libation

词源

From Middle English potacion, from Old French potacion, from Latin pōtātiō.
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