• n. 龍舌蘭；麥斯卡爾酒；威廉斯仙人球

一種生長于南美的沙漠植物。來自西班牙語mescal,來自南美土著語mexcalli,仙人球，龍舌蘭。后用于指這種植物汁液發(fā)酵制成的酒。

mescal (n.)

"plant of the genus Agave," found in deserts of Mexico and southwestern U.S., especially the American aloe, or maguey plant, 1702, from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) mexcalli "fermented drink made from agave," from metl "agave" + ixcalli "stew." Meaning "intoxicating liquor from fermented juice of the agave" is attested in English from 1828. Also the name of a small desert cactus (peyote) found in northern Mexico and southern Texas (1885).

1. Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal.

墨西哥的一種植物,通常被用來制作龍舌蘭酒——墨西哥的一種無色的麥斯卡爾酒.

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