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hippocras

/hip-uh-kras/US // ˈhɪp əˌkræs //UK // (ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs) //

河马,海波克拉斯,河马派,河马座

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

Examples

  • Neither wine nor hippocras had befogged the stout heads of the Assyrians, nor loosened their canny tongues.

  • To these their Norman successors added clarr, garhiofilac, and hippocras.

  • The constant mention about this time of Hippocras (Ipocras, Ypocrasse) demands some notice.

  • Sack and hippocras are no longer to be found in our cellars; but, as we have shown, we still compound the wassail-bowl.

  • Then pour it into an Hippocras bag, and let it run through it two or three times, to be very clear.