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ratafia

/rat-uh-fee-uh/US // ˌræt əˈfi ə //UK // (ˌrætəˈfɪə) //

鼠疫,鼠辈,老虎机

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sweet liqueur made from wine or grape juice combined with brandy or other spirits and often flavored with almonds, fruit, or fruit kernels.

Examples

  • Mix them with the flour and sugar and then very, very carefully add a few drops of ratafia.

  • The table was decked out with divers platters, containing seed-cakes cut into rhomboids, almond biscuits, and ratafia drops.

  • Upon this lay sponge finger biscuits and ratafia cakes, and pour over just enough new milk to make them soft.

  • Bruised cherries with their stones are infused in spirit of wine to make the ratafia of Grenoble de Teyssère.

  • The fruit is also very extensively employed in the preparation of the liqueurs known as kirschwasser, ratafia and maraschino.