toddy
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈtɒd.i/ us/ˈtɑː.di/
(白兰地或威士忌等加入糖和香料并用热水冲饮的)香甜热酒,托迪酒
a drink made of spirits (= strong alcoholic drink) mixed with hot water and sugar, sometimes with different flavours added
After the swim in the icy water we all had a hot toddy to warm us up. 在冰水里游完泳后,我们都喝了一杯热乎乎的托迪酒,让自己暖和起来。
棕榈酒
an alcoholic drink made from the sap (= the liquid inside a plant) of certain types of palm tree
The local workers used to make palm toddy from the coconut palms. 当地的工人过去常常依赖椰子树做棕榈酒。
- More examples
- My dad would come home with a few toddies (recipe: bourbon, lemon juice, honey, water) in him, and we'd all sing together.
- When I was a kid my dad made a hot toddy when I had a cold.
- The evening in the O'Driscoll house was wonderful, too, drinking whiskey toddy for old times' sake.
- There were toddy sellers beneath the banyan and tamarind trees.