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bourbon

/boor-buhn, bawr-, bohr- or, French, boor-bawn for 1-3; bur-buhn for 4 or, occasionally for 3/US // ˈbʊər bən, ˈbɔr-, ˈboʊr- or, French, burˈbɔ̃ for 1-3; ˈbɜr bən for 4 or, occasionally for 3 //UK // (ˈbɜːbən) //

波旁酒,波旁威士忌,波本威士忌,波本酒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60.
    • : Charles [sharl], /ʃarl/, "Constable de Bourbon", 1490–1527, French general.
    • : a person who is extremely conservative or reactionary.
    • : Also called bourbon whiskey . a straight whiskey distilled from a mash having 51 percent or more corn: originally the corn whiskey produced in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

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Examples

  • From cognac to bourbon, rye to añejo tequila, many of our beloved spirits spend years aging in wooden casks.

  • In Kentucky the bourbon distillers have had to increase their payrolls by 77 per cent in two years to meet the demand.

  • “I would enjoy having some Kentucky bourbon,” President Obama said on Wednesday.

  • And Obama suggested that he and McConnell could share some Kentucky bourbon.

  • He clumsily sipped from the dainty straw of a blasphemously non-bourbon beverage and smiled broadly as he talked to fellow bros.

  • The imperialists under the duke of Bourbon, took Rome by assault and plundered it.

  • As I left the Palais-Bourbon at five o'clock that afternoon, it rejoiced my heart to breathe in the sunny air.

  • The house of Bourbon, the younger sons of the Valois, were at work beneath the surface of the Reformation.

  • The Bourbon dynasty reduced brigandage very much, and secured order on the main high-roads.

  • I now brought forth from the cupboard a bottle of my choicest Bourbon and four glasses.